Topic: Atrocities Prevention Board

2 chapters across the catalog

Episode 403 48:45 - 52:14

403: Pharmacy in a Fruit

Atrocities Prevention Board, Syria Intervention Strategy

President Obama announced the creation of the Atrocities Prevention Board during a speech at the Holocaust Museum, establishing a new White House position to monitor global human rights violations. The board is viewed as a mechanism to justify military intervention in sovereign nations, specifically Syria. The strategy involves using Turkey as a proxy to invoke NATO's Article 5 following border skirmishes.

Pounding the Pavement
Episode 328 2:08:14 - 2:11:45

328: Pounding the Pavement

Atrocities Prevention Board, Foreign Policy Shift

The new Atrocities Prevention Board is described as a mechanism to coordinate a "whole-of-government" approach to preventing mass killings. The hosts suggest this is a tool for the "security apparatus" to justify military actions against "brown people" by using the Holocaust and Rwanda as rhetorical justifications.