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Originally Posted by Praxus
It is not our job to protect them I say if they want to do their humanitarian let them come but if they die it aint our fault.
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I am afraid that is not the case. As per conventions [written by the Western world, just for one's info], the onus to ensure security of all is that of the occupying power.
To you, the humanitarian agencies whine, but to those occupied they are the saviours since they have no voice except for the international agencies.
Gary Powers the U2 pilot was captured in the USSR and how you whined! He was a spy and so what the USSR did was as per the convention. Yet, what a song and dance there was! It pinches when you wear the boot!
When Agent Orange and heaven knows what else were used in Vietnam, it was prefectly OK, but when Chemical Ali gassed, it was an international crime! Notwithstanding that NBC Warfare is foul and reprehensible, yet just looking at the morality question, it is a real laugh! :p
Also note the difference in attitude amongst Western Nations. US troops are trigger happy and losing friends, yet the British inspite of serious provation are being matured. US is liberating Iraq, but that liberation is more of captivation - both in shock and awe and ensuring that they are brought to serious deprivation without electricity, water and what have you. US went without electricity for one night and there was panic and indignation. Get real. Apply democratic values which the WHOLE world appreciates without reservation by having a level playing field. Or is democracy for some folks more important than for others?
I am aware that my posts may rankle, but as a true admirer of western values, I wish that all westerners get more sensitive so that in the bargain the radicals are eliminated in our world and actual freedom triumphs!