https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/05/11/syria-shells-residential-neighborhoods-un-obama-silent/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 21:39:53 -0400<![CDATA[President Obama justified the US-NATO intervention in Libya on the UN&#8217;s Responsibility to Protect, or R2P. That doctrine allows the international community to intervene in sovereign countries when their governments become an imminent physical threat to their citizens. It applied to Libya, we were told, because Gaddafi was set to commit genocide against towns where rebels were rising up against his dictatorship.]]>Wed, 11 May 2011 10:12:49 -0400<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2011/05/11/syria-shells-residential-neighborhoods-un-obama-silent-n147221