Arab governments shifted to oppose Western military action in Iraq

Evidence

Arab governments which had joined the coalition shifted ground. Egypt and Syria, as well as the others, opposed the imposition of a no-fly zone in southern Iraq in August 1992. Arab governments plus Turkey also objected to the air attacks on Iraq in January 1993. If Western air power could be used in response to attacks on Muslim Shi’ites and Kurds by Sunni Muslims, why was it not also used to respond to attacks on Bosnian Muslims by Orthodox Serbs? — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 695

Categorization

• QUESTION: The Bosnia double-standard question is still live — worth checking whether similar framing recurs in later interventions.
• XREF: The selective-intervention double-standard theme strongly connects to contemporary debates about selective humanitarian intervention.