More Humanitarian Intervention, Only Ten Hours Away... posted by Richard Seymour

When Nato was flexing its military muscle in the FRY to the delight of liberal commentators, one of the favourite refrains of supporters of the intervention was that Kosovo was "only two hours away from Paris by plane". How the mouth moistened at that! Europe - Europe of all places! - once more gripped in racial fervour. Well, since we appear once more to have a situation of "ethnic cleansing, but not genocide" going down in Sudan, I'll just point out that Khartoum is only ten hours away by plane.

Did you hear that correctly? You can get some ethical bombing done and be back in time to watch the glowing reviews on Newsnight.