International responses to "problematic" countries (like Iran)

No, I don’t agree. If the US, or France, or a coalition of neighboring African nations, or some combination of the above decided to intervene, I’d likely support that.

That’s a political problem within the states capable of intervention right now, not an inherent problem with intervention as a concept.

For example, in 2013 France intervened in Mali, which was a great move by them.

If the US or France or the surrounding African states intervened militarily and put a stop to the conflict (that has so far killed an order of magnitude more people than other conflicts that get many orders of magnitude more airtime) but that led to some level of corruption or abuse of power, I think that would be a clear net win.

Right, the answer isn’t a half assed armed intervention, it’s a well thought out and planned intervention. And I agree, we need to reform international institutions, but how can you possibly reform the UN to better oppose bad actors when a country like Iran or North Korea is a full member in good standing and a country like Russia is a security council member?