The shortcomings of the Arche de Zoé trial

"Confronted by the 'Arche de Noé' affair, Bernard Kouchner, France's current Minister of Foreign Affairs, has kept quiet", notes Colette Braeckman. "And yet, Eric Breteau and his acolytes, irresponsible, arrogant or mislead, are his spiritual heirs. At the beginning of the year, they heard Kouchner demand at the top of his voice, an intervention in Darfur, where serious NGOs and UN agencies had already been at work for four years. This is a severe case of abusing the 'humanitarian duty to intervene', which is to say the 'duty to help a population in danger' advocated by Kouchner. ... In Chad, the will to do something having taken precedence over knowledge of the terrain and respect of individuals, a bunch of cowboys pushed intervention to the absurd. Their insane demonstration and the ensuing condemnation will no doubt incite more discernment among their emulators."

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