tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post893274321980509312..comments2024-03-28T16:15:19.319-04:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Roland Paris is Smart (not news)Steve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-61049063245443300392012-01-10T17:35:49.797-05:002012-01-10T17:35:49.797-05:00Isn't the very fact that the NATO military mis...Isn't the very fact that the NATO military mission (the end of the regime, which was the common assumption from the beginning) was achieved and that NATO didn't put boots on the ground an indication that the NATO mission was a success? Whatever happens afterward isn't part of that mission at all. And am I wrong that most analysts did not presume that the success in Libya would translate into easy or automatic R2P missions elsewhere at any time?Brent Sasleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-13904519237639201642012-01-10T17:27:28.335-05:002012-01-10T17:27:28.335-05:00I agree. I argued very early that regime change w...I agree. I argued very early that regime change was inherent in applying R2P and that NATO was in accord with me (or me with NATO) on that.Steve Saidemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-7721969236570925192012-01-10T17:23:51.307-05:002012-01-10T17:23:51.307-05:00I am also not sure that Roland is right in implyin...I am also not sure that Roland is right in implying that NATO only expanded its interpretation of UNSCR 1973 when the war appeared stalemated. Even a few days into the mission most knew that it was a regime change operation. It was hoped, however, that the initial shock of NATO bombing would either crack the regime or embolden the rebels so as to achieve a rapid military outcome. It didn't, hence the shift in target packages. However, that wasn't a "reinterpretation" at all--rather an adaptation of the means used.Rex Brynennoreply@blogger.com