But these are questions that the international community needs to ask, and that the Security Council should have been discussing, so that the principle of the responsibility to protect – and its possible implications for military action – become part of our understanding of the requirements of international law and global ethics.
当我写这篇文章的时候，有理由相信，即使没有军事干预，其他制裁或威胁也已足够避免利比亚人民流更多的血。也许光靠叛变和制裁就能在不造成大规模人员伤亡的情况下让卡扎菲众叛亲离。而军事干预所造成的伤亡可能比它所制止的更多。