Lest we forget
Today is the 10th anniversary of the massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica. The massacre of men and boys happened after the Muslim community were promised protection by both the UN and NATO, the same UN and NATO who then sat in the surrounding hills and watched the slaughter, doing nothing. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and his army commander General Ratko Mladic who were responsible for the massacre are still at large.
Jack Straw, the UK's foreign Secretary, today apologised for the massacre, which he said shamed the west. It's rare that I agree with Mr Straw, but he is tragically right with that comment, although he is also 9 years 364 days too late. It makes me wonder how long it will be before Mr Straw apologises that the west has done nothing while 180,000 have died and 2,000,000 made homeless (since 2003) by the genocide in Darfur. Or before he is forced to apologise that the west has also done nothing while Robert Mugabe destroys Zimbabwe. Are all human lives not equal on Mr Straw's planet?
Jack Straw, the UK's foreign Secretary, today apologised for the massacre, which he said shamed the west. It's rare that I agree with Mr Straw, but he is tragically right with that comment, although he is also 9 years 364 days too late. It makes me wonder how long it will be before Mr Straw apologises that the west has done nothing while 180,000 have died and 2,000,000 made homeless (since 2003) by the genocide in Darfur. Or before he is forced to apologise that the west has also done nothing while Robert Mugabe destroys Zimbabwe. Are all human lives not equal on Mr Straw's planet?
posted by phylos @ 17:21
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