re please show up in washington dc for bosnia may th michael sells m sells haverford edu writes this is not a fresh case of ethnic cleansing but just another chapter in the continuing saga of intense mutual hatred destruction every place on earth is the scene of a saga of mutual hatred and destruction the holocaust was not a fresh case it was another chapter in a year history of attacks on jews in europe that didn t make it acceptable and balkan history does not make the genocide against bosnian muslims acceptable i guess that it was not acceptable because germany also chose a path of aggression simultaneously that put the interests of other countries in peril i wonder whether us or other countries would have risked themselves if only jews were persecuted and hitler had no imperialist ambitions i am no student of history and i am just asking questions if even for a moment you think that i am condoing ethnically motivated violence and killings you are dead wrong let me assure i am not my only question is this do powerful countries have a moral obligation to interefere in other countries if their own interests are not threatened i cite an essay by charles krauthammer in the time this week that discusses this issue eloquently for example did us and other european countries abandon their moral compunctions when they chose not to send military troops to bombay when hindus in a rare fit of impassioned rage killed many muslims recently i think not under what conditions should us interfere in foregin countries is an abstraction one must clarify before resorting to acrimonious accusations of religious bigotry and such satya prabhakar
