The reason I am advising you of where and when wars are the LEGITIMATE alternative is that instigating revolutions in other, sovereign countries is NEVER legitimate, at any time. Creating revolutions is particularly subversive in that the instigating parties remain hidden.
http://pesd.princeton.edu/?q=node/258Portions from the above link:
Non-Intervention (Non-interference in domestic affairs)
Introduction / Definition:
In international law, the principle of non-intervention includes, but is not limited to, the prohibition of the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state (Article 2.4 of the Charter). The principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of States also signifies that a State should not otherwise intervene in a dictatorial way in the internal affairs of other States. The International Court referred in the Nicaragua case to “[t]he element of coercion, which defines, and indeed forms the very essence of, prohibited intervention” (ICJ Reports 1986, p. 108, para. 205). As Oppenheim's International Law puts it, "the interference must be forcible or dictatorial, or otherwise coercive, in effect depriving the state intervened against of control over the matter in question. Interference pure and simple is not intervention" (Vol. I, 9th ed., 1992, p. 432). Butthe extent to which acts other than the use of force are, or should be, prohibited is uncertain.
Intervention (even military intervention) with the consent, properly given, of the Government of a State is not precluded.
Author:
Michael Wood
And here's the US resolution:
http://legal.un.org/avl/pdf/ha/ga_2131-xx/ga_2131-xx_e.pdfThe reason I am advising you of where and when war... (