Humanitarian Intervention

Intervention means to enter or appear as an irrelevant or extraneous feature or circumstance. The diction expressing irrelevance and extraneous appearance undoubtedly applies to the concept of humanitarian intervention. Despite the proposed intentions of humanitarian intervention, it is often clear that it is not effective in creating sustainable long-term solutions to long-term issues. Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan outlines six priorities that all focus on imposing a democratic system. These priorities call for critique on the fact that a government “by the people” is being developed by an extraneous force. Human intervention does not produce an independent democratic body but a dependent state as a new source for exploitation. Canada’s
It may seem that where engaging in Afghanistan does not catalyze the countries progress it does protect Canadian interest in preventing attacks by extremists responsible for September 11th. However if Canada’s concern is to protect and maintain their self interests it is rightfully argued that participating in combat missions that have cost the lives of one hundred and fifty four soldiers to date and compromising our future security is not the answer. By committing to attempts of making Afghanistan a prosperous democracy Canada has assumed partial responsibility for the state of Afghanistan after NATO leaves, putting Canadian interests of safety at risk. As articulated by Douglas Bland “it is a false assumption that Canada can choose between peacekeeping or war-fighting missions. In reality, the two terms describe the same phenomenon – warfare” .With an image of soldiers and combat the potential of a negative response from Afghani citizens is highly possible despite if intentions are focused on peace. Since there is no separation between peace efforts and combat missions it is likely that Western forces will further enrage terrorist groups who see Western countries as advantageous exploiters. Intervention to diminish these groups thus creates cause for the resurgence of them, creating a perpetual cycle enforcing economic structuralist
Currently in Afghanistan, Canada is a part of a minority group of NATO members engaging. Although the all twenty-eight countries are obliged to acknowledge that they are in support of engagement in Afghanistan under article five, actions speak louder than words. The degree of multilateralism is also affected by the commitment each country is placing in Afghanistan. The previously stated intentions of Canada, assumed to be to maintain strong relations with the United States, shows a lack of commitment to the actual mission in Afghanistan. This causes a dampening effect on the power of having any degree of multilateralism associated with armed intervention. The amount of diverse stakeholders in this mission loses it weight when their intentions for support are