Why West, amid horrors of modern war, is struggling to set red lines
A “red line” against the gassing of civilians has been drawn. Again.
Yet in the wake of the US-led missile strike on Syria, two powerful testimonies – a new documentary and a revealing email from a former British prime minister – underscore how profoundly the ways of war have changed and the challenge that poses Western democracies. Namely, to find a way, or the political will, to set limits on the systematic targeting of noncombatant men, women and children.
The film is called The New Barbarianism, and was made by former PBS NewsHour foreign editor Justin Kenny in partnership
