January 08, 2007
UN Troops May Go to Darfur
Via Reuters:
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Khartoum has softened its stance on U.N. troops being deployed to Darfur, leaving the door open for blue-helmeted international troops to protect civilians in its vast west, a presidential advisor said on Monday.
The situation in Darfur is indeed dire. But is sending UN troops really going to help matters? Consider this: UN troops have been accused of assault, molestation, and rape of women and children in many of the places they've been sent...and the UN is apparently powerless to punish those who particpate in these outrages. So why do they continue to be sent anywhere? It's hard to protect a populace when you're busy sexually assulting it.
The UN can't even keep its books clean. For us to expect it to maintain order in a ravaged land is foolhardy. If anyone's going to be sent over, it should not be under the auspices of the scandal-ridden, bureaucratic nightmare that is the UN.
Sending the blue helmets to Darfur would
be like having the fox guard the henhouse.
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