September 2, 2004

The Emptiness of U.N. Rhetoric

Neil Uchitel is noting yet another example of the spinelessness and impotence of the United Nations:

By July 30th, the U.N. demanded that "Khartoum improve security, human rights and humanitarian assistance in Darfur." July 30th came and went and what was the U.N.’s response? More rhetoric. The August 30th deadline to disarm the militias in Darfur came and went, and what was the U.N.’s response? Just what I said it would be: More rhetoric...

...Shame on the U.N. for having the utter lack of spine to let a deadline go without inflicting any kind of punishment on the Sudanese government. Shame on the U.N. for having the gall to spew more rhetoric in the face of the suffering of millions, without lifting a single finger to help them.

Go read the whole post. I can't do it justice here.

Posted by dan at September 2, 2004 9:33 PM