Wednesday, March 02, 2005

UN Double Standard?

Is this a statement about the 'insurgents' in Iraq?:
"'This group continues to loot, kill and rape these people, making life miserable,' said Nabaa. It's time to put an end to this militia.'"
No. It's a UN statement about their effort to eliminate the threat caused by the militia in the Congo.

This action is not coming under fire from the traditional 'peace' crowd. What makes it so different than the action the US and our Allies are taking in Iraq (besides size and scope) with regard to the terrorist insurgents who are "...killing, ...making life miserable, ..." for the people of Iraq? Apparently the Congo couldn't cough up enough cash to keep the UN out of their affairs.

I applaud this action and encourage similar action in Sudan. This is one of the functions the UN, and specifically the Security Council, was established for - controlling renegade terrorists, thugs and dictators from terrorizing innocent people.

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