Posted by
Aaron on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 8:56:39 PM
Recently a story has emerged about an Israeli bomb that killed four
members of UNIFIL, or the UN peacekeeping force that is stationed in
Southern Lebanon.
According to the BBC's website, Kofi Annan has already assumed the worst
stating that the action was "apparently deliberate targeting" the UN peacekeeping force, even
though Israel has expressed "deep regret" (It would be nice if
Annan made statements this bold in regard to Hezbollah and
Hamas).
This story has made me remember a news correspondent on either FOX,
MSNBC, or CNN reporting from a area of Southern Lebanon. The
correspondent said she was broadcasting from this area because it was
where Hezbollah had been firing a lot of rockets into Israel.
After discussing events of the day the correspondent then pointed to
the background and said 'ironically a UN base is located right behind
me
and you can see it's flag waving in the distance.' So not only is
the UN not enforcing Resolution 1559, which calls for the disarmament
of
Hezbollah, they are sitting in Hezbollah's backyard watching them
conduct attacks on Israel. By not acting when their own
organization has a resolution that allows them to act, this force of 2,000 individuals are only
helping to facilitate attacks on Israel. So maybe it should have
been or even was a deliberate attack on the UN. The UN has made
it clear whose side
they are on, and it is not Isreal's.