+ El fracaso de las intervenciones humanitarias
En FP entrevistan a Conor Foley que, sin pelos en la lengua, se dedica a decir cosas claras:
I suppose the thesis of the book is that humanitarian interventions virtually never resolve humanitarian crises. It is like using plaster in open-heart surgery. And the attempt to portray [humanitarian interventions] as a panacea is damaging because it is just not true that they work. Over the last 20 years, there are very few that have worked and where you now see democracy.
Fuente
Foley es muy claro:
FP: It seems like you’re not opposed to intervention in principle, then. Can you imagine a successful humanitarian intervention?
CF: Successful interventions tend to be those that are supported by the U.N. Security Council, those that are properly financed, have proper goals, and those where interveners understand their mandate. That doesn’t mean necessarily that the intervention will be a success: 1991 in Somalia was the first example where there was a failure, and it made the West very reluctant to respond to other [crises].
En realidad las intervenciones son un fracaso poruqe, pese a cubrir todos los requisitos que dice Foley, no pueden saber qué se van a encontrar y si los "beneficiados" quieren serlo a la fuerza. En definitiva un llamamiento al sentido común. El Reino de España dedicó en 2008 más de 600 millones de euros en este tipo de intervenciones "humanitarias". Sabiendo que, en el mejor de los casos, no cumplen sus objetivos cabe preguntarse cuál es la función última de esos millones de euros.
Por Maestre de Campo
Categoría:
General,
Internacional
