Skip to content or view mobile version

Home | Mobile | Editorial | Mission | Privacy | About | Contact | Help | Security | Support

A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.

Cameron: We must not be afraid to use military force against tyrants

Cem Ertür | 27.09.2011 16:28 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Other Press | South Coast | World

In complete denial of the genocides perpetrated by ten years of Anglo-American-led wars across the globe, Mr Cameron and Mr Obama would still have us believe that their aim is “to spread peace, prosperity, democracy”.

Daily Telegraph, 26 September 2011
Daily Telegraph, 26 September 2011

The Independent, 16 September 2011
The Independent, 16 September 2011


_____________________________________________________________________________________________________




UK Prime Minister Cameron: We must not be afraid to use military force against tyrants


[propaganda alert]

compiled by Cem Ertür

26 September 2011




1) UK Prime Minister Cameron: We must not be afraid to use military force against tyrants (22 September 2011)

2) UK Prime Minister Cameron: Libya and the Arab Spring shows the UN needs a new way of working (22 September 2011)

from the archives:

3) UK Prime Minister Tony Blair: We should get actively involved in other people’s conflicts (22 April 1999)


___________________________________




We must not be afraid to use force against tyrants, says Cameron

by Jon Swaine, Daily Telegraph, 22 September 2011




The world must be prepared to take military action again after the successful [military] campaign in Libya to stop authoritarian regimes from slaughtering their own people, David Cameron will declare today.

In his first speech to the United Nations, the [UK] Prime Minister will say that the organisation must be quicker to intervene when people under brutal governments require its help.

The speech [...] is likely to draw comparisons with [former UK Prime Minister] Tony Blair's 1999 Chicago speech, in which he outlined conditions for Western military action in light of the conflict in Kosovo [i.e. the War on Yugoslavia]




___________________________________





“My argument today is that [the war on] Libya and the Arab Spring shows the UN needs a new way of working.

Because the Arab Spring is a massive opportunity to spread peace, prosperity, democracy and vitally security but only if we really seize it.

So the events of this year present a challenge to [...] Iran and Syria, to give their people the freedoms they deserve. [...]

[T]he international community has found its voice in Libya. We must not now lose our nerve. We must have the confidence to speak out and act as necessary to support those who seek new freedoms. [...]

Here at the UN, we have a responsibility to stand up against regimes that persecute their people. We need to see reform in Yemen. And above all, on Syria, it is time for the Members of the [UN] Security Council to act. We must now adopt a credible [UN] resolution threatening tough sanctions [on Syria]. [...]

[M]y argument is that where [military] action is necessary, legal and right, to fail to act is to fail those who need our help.”




[UK Prime Minister David Cameron, speech to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 22 September 2011] (*)




(*) Prime Minister's first speech to the UN General Assembly

Number 10 (official website of UK Prime Minister’s Office), 22 September 2011

 http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/pm-speech-to-unga/



___________________________________




from the archives:




“One of the reasons why it is now so important to win the conflict [i.e. the War on Yugoslavia] is to ensure that others do not make the same mistake in the future. That in itself will be a major step to ensuring that the next decade and the next century will not be as difficult as the past. If NATO fails in Kosovo, the next dictator to be threatened with military force may well not believe our resolve to carry the threat through. [...]

The most pressing foreign policy problem we face is to identify the circumstances in which we should get actively [i.e. militarily] involved in other people’s conflicts. [...] [T]he principle of non-interference must be qualified in important respects. Acts of genocide can never be a purely internal matter. When oppression produces massive flows of refugees which unsettle neighbouring countries then they can properly be described as "threats to international peace and security". [...]

One final word on the USA itself. [...] I say to you: never fall again for the doctrine of isolationism. The world cannot afford it. [...] And realise that in Britain you have a friend and an ally that will stand with you”




[UK Prime Minister Tony Blair (1997-2007), ‘Doctrine of the International Community’ speech, The Economic Club of Chicago, 22 April 1999. Mr Blair delivered this speech in the midst of the War on Yugoslavia (24 March-10 June 1999) and on the eve of NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit in Washington DC] (*)




(*) Doctrine of the International Community

The National Archive website, 23 April 1999

 http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20011116003748/http://pm.gov.uk/default.asp?PageID=3990


___________________________________



related documents:


Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly

The White House website, 21 September 2011

 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/09/21/remarks-president-obama-address-united-nations-general-assembly



Tony Blair speech to Chicago Council on Global Affairs

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs website, 22 April 2009

 http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/UserFiles/File/Events/FY09%20Events/04_April%2009/042209%20Tony%20Blair%20Remarks.pdf



Speech by the Prime Minister at the Lord Mayor's Banquet

The National Archive website, 12 November 2001

 http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20011116003748/http://pm.gov.uk/news.asp?NewsId=2997&SectionId=32


___________________________________



related articles:


War Crimes: From Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland to Croatia, Kosovo and Iraq
The Role of General Sir Michael Jackson

by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 23 September 2011

 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=26750



Obama at the UN: The arrogant voice of imperialism

by Bill Van Auken, World Socialist Web Site, 22 September 2011

 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/sep2011/boun-s22.shtml


___________________________________



propaganda alerts:


Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair: Iran is the real enemy

by Cem Ertür, San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia, 11 September 2011

 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/11/18689941.php



UK Prime Minister: There is no question of an invasion or occupation of Libya

by Cem Ertür, 911blogger, 20 April 2011

 http://911blogger.com/news/2011-04-20/uk-foreign-minister-top-british-army-officers-libya-aid-rebels


___________________________________

Cem Ertür
- Homepage: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/26/18691416.php

Comments

Display the following 2 comments

  1. wanker — satya
  2. I agree — toryscum
Upcoming Coverage
View and post events
Upcoming Events UK
24th October, London: 2015 London Anarchist Bookfair
2nd - 8th November: Wrexham, Wales, UK & Everywhere: Week of Action Against the North Wales Prison & the Prison Industrial Complex. Cymraeg: Wythnos o Weithredu yn Erbyn Carchar Gogledd Cymru

Ongoing UK
Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm, Yorkshire: Demo/vigil at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill US Spy Base More info: CAAB.

Every Tuesday, UK & worldwide: Counter Terror Tuesdays. Call the US Embassy nearest to you to protest Obama's Terror Tuesdays. More info here

Every day, London: Vigil for Julian Assange outside Ecuadorian Embassy

Parliament Sq Protest: see topic page
Ongoing Global
Rossport, Ireland: see topic page
Israel-Palestine: Israel Indymedia | Palestine Indymedia
Oaxaca: Chiapas Indymedia
Regions
All Regions
Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World
Other Local IMCs
Bristol/South West
Nottingham
Scotland
Social Media
You can follow @ukindymedia on indy.im and Twitter. We are working on a Twitter policy. We do not use Facebook, and advise you not to either.
Support Us
We need help paying the bills for hosting this site, please consider supporting us financially.
Other Media Projects
Schnews
Dissident Island Radio
Corporate Watch
Media Lens
VisionOnTV
Earth First! Action Update
Earth First! Action Reports
Topics
All Topics
Afghanistan
Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-Nuclear
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Fracking
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Policing
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista
Major Reports
NATO 2014
G8 2013
Workfare
2011 Census Resistance
Occupy Everywhere
August Riots
Dale Farm
J30 Strike
Flotilla to Gaza
Mayday 2010
Tar Sands
G20 London Summit
University Occupations for Gaza
Guantanamo
Indymedia Server Seizure
COP15 Climate Summit 2009
Carmel Agrexco
G8 Japan 2008
SHAC
Stop Sequani
Stop RWB
Climate Camp 2008
Oaxaca Uprising
Rossport Solidarity
Smash EDO
SOCPA
Past Major Reports
Encrypted Page
You are viewing this page using an encrypted connection. If you bookmark this page or send its address in an email you might want to use the un-encrypted address of this page.
If you recieved a warning about an untrusted root certificate please install the CAcert root certificate, for more information see the security page.

Global IMC Network


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech