Harvard University/Belfer Center: "Beware rebel propaganda that seeks intervention by falsely crying genocide"

How Not to Intervene - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

"... • Three Lessons. First, beware rebel propaganda that seeks intervention by falsely crying genocide. Second, avoid intervening on humanitarian grounds in ways that reward rebels and thus endanger civilians, unless the state is already targeting noncombatants. Third, resist the tendency of humanitarian intervention to morph into regime change, which amplifies the risk to civilians...."