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One small voice in the proud tradition of FreeBlogging* Thursday, October 14, 2004 posted by gbarto at 1:39 AM:Why we're fighting...Here's the headline for a post at LGF: Mass Grave of Women and Children in Iraq And here's the first line: A mass grave in northern Iraq has been found to contain the remains of toddlers clutchingJust to make things really awful, here's why the Europeans aren't helping investigate the atrocity: The Europeans, he said, were staying away as the evidence might be used That about says it all for how the Europeans are operating today. A corrupt head of state slaughters thousands and they stand idly by. And when it's time to hold him to account, they're still more concerned about protecting tyrants who abuse(d) their power than about justice. Given all the European braying about human rights and the need to hold Pinochet and others accountable, the whole thing seems strange. Till you remember all the prosecutors lined up in case Chirac leaves the Elysée Palace other than in a coffin. Update: Having seen the latest turn of events, Pinochet supporters have secretly sought to have Pinochet extradited to the US for trial, reasoning that if he faces American justice, Europe will surely leap to his aid. 
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* Freeblogging is a term coined by Joanne Jacobs.
