By far the most defensible rationale for military action is – and has been from the outset – the humanitarian objective: the responsibility to protect populations at risk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other major crimes against humanity and war crimes. I have argued that all of the conditions necessary in this context have been satisfied, and this will continue to be the case so long as the Islamic State maintains its horrifying modus operandi.
目前，军事行动最有力的理由——一开始就是如此——是人道主义目标：保护人民免受种族灭绝、种族清洗或其他严重人道和战争罪行的伤害。我已经指出，这方面的所有必要条件都已满足，而只要伊斯兰国继续其恐怖作案，这些条件就会一直满足。