Russia was furious about nato's mission creep, but Obama said, "Faced with the potential of mass atrocities, and a call from the Libyan people, the United States and our friends and allies stopped Qaddafi's forces in their tracks".
"Without a political settlement, Sudan may go the way of Somalia, pre-genocide Rwanda or the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a real potential for widespread atrocities and bloodshed as those in power seek to keep it at any cost because of the alternatives," he wrote.
Every day that Lively and his willing accomplices in Uganda continue to stoke the fires of anti-gay hatred increases the risk of greater repression and violence and the potential for large-scale atrocity.
Still scarred by the British involvement in the previous Iraq and Afghanistan war, David Cameron has repeatedly vowed not to put "British boots on the ground", despite mounting outrage about Isis atrocities and its potential power if its dream caliphate is established.
Sometimes they hang back, as if they're conscious of the explosive potential of the sort of atrocities that accompanied their last attempt to take the square.
While a majority of Colombians now support the talks, the potential of amnesty for rebels for atrocities blamed on them sparked protests against the negotiations late last year.
These tools, which have such potential for fostering free expression and abating atrocities, must no longer be used to fuel this violence.
Even as Patrick wrote, his argument was apparently bolstered by a presidential study directive on mass atrocities that offered a menu of potential policy options in the face of large-scale human rights abuses.
Content shared on social media has increasing potential to be used as evidence of wartime atrocities and human rights violations.
