But the fact is that when serious change was attempted in the past, and the tanks did roll, the West did not intervene, except verbally.

His government pushed (in vain) for the West to intervene more quickly and completely in Rwanda.

He says the West has failed the war-torn republics, and must now intervene.

It would be better if the West would intervene militarily on our behalf.

If the West intervened militarily, so be it, he argued.

West intervened with three clubs, a weak jump overcall.

That does not mean the West can or should intervene whenever ethnic conflict erupts.

He is certain that these images, when televised abroad, will force the West to intervene in the ethnic strife consuming his country.

Unfortunately, this is the way they will stay until the West intervenes.

West had intervened and she had killed herself.