SPUTNIK 28.02.2016
Jean Bricmont, the author of 'Humanitarian Imperialism', a study of how the idea of human rights has been used to justify Western imperialism, finds it troubling that the Western powers engaged in 'humanitarian interventions' abroad have the gall to tell their own populations to 'welcome the refugees' when things go awry.
Recently interviewed by independent journalist Maidhc O Cathail for CounterPunch Magazine, Bricmont explained that Europeans have every right to be angry about the influx of refugees from countries embroiled in war and unrest, but that it's worth recalling the roots of the present crisis.
"The same people who encouraged 'humanitarian' interventions and 'support' for armed insurrections abroad, that have led to perpetual wars, generating a constant flow of refugees, are now demanding that the population of our countries 'welcome the refugees'. They first generate chaos there, then they applaud chaos here. It cannot last forever," Bricmont noted.
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