Killing and maiming for the sake of humanity

“The explosives-heavy approach to humanitarianism has a lot of unpredictable side effects, sometimes backfires massively, and offers an extremely poor value proposition. So whatever you think about killing some Syrians this summer, please consider throwing a few dollars in the direction of a cost-effective charity of some kind.”

Matthew Yglesias: Military Strikes Are an Extremely Expensive Way to Help Foreigners – Slate.com

August 27, 2013