All are outspoken paladins of human rights when it comes to condemning any Israeli defensive attack in Gaza as “genocide,” but are equally united in opposing Security Council action on Syria, even as the repression there grows ever more appalling. The Arab uprisings either clashed with their commitment to the inviolability of national sovereignty, or stoked their fear that “humanitarian intervention” would merely be another tool of Northern dominance.
但俄国和中国并不是仅有的问题。新兴民主大国，如巴西、印度和南非，均对其在阿拉伯之春中的反应特别失望。它们在以色列对加沙的自卫反击事件中大谈人权，称之为“大屠杀”，而对于叙利亚的安理会行动，它们却一致表示反对，即使叙利亚的镇压行为耸人听闻。阿拉伯起义不是与它们国家主权非暴力性的承诺相悖，就是激起了它们对“人道主义干预”将沦为有一个北方主导工具的担忧。