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Friday, July 25, 2003
posted by gbarto at 5:13 AM:
'Innocent People Are Dying'Daybreak shelling near U.S. Embassy in Liberia kills at least 11
And not just in Liberia. While the TurkeyBlog feels bad for the plight of this nation, the US has to pick its battles well and wisely. That starts with sticking to its own battles. We felt that Iraq was not just our battle but the world's. We dilly-dallied for months with UN Resolutions to make sure the world agreed. And in principle, it did: The UN passed a resolution laying down conditions in which one could agree that Saddam Hussein was in blatant violation of the surrender terms to which he agreed after the first Iraq war. But then France and Germany and others, having kept us in the UN process for months and insisted on the importance of that process, said never mind. And the UN Secretary General (Kofi Inane?) jumped on board to proclaim that if France and Germany wished to be indifferent to what UN Resolutions indicated must be done for the sake of peace, justice and stability - and the credibility of the UN-, that was just dandy for them. Well, the UN may be watching eagerly for us to act. Liberia may be watching eagerly for us to act. The international community may be on the edge of its seats wondering when we'll act. If we're wise, we'll follow the precedent set by France and Germany a few months ago: We'll act if and when we damn well please according to our purposes, indifferent to promises made or signals given in the run-up, and if the world doesn't like it they'll just have to respect our independence of thought.
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