Wednesday, October 28, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Hot Air: UN calls missile strikes 'summary executions' - 'As it happens, the US is not the only entity turning towards a law-enforcement model in the war on terror. The UN has taken that approach as well, perhaps to a reductio ad absurdum that nonetheless will test Barack Obama’s decision on whether to pursue counterinsurgency strategy and his commitment to multilateralism at Turtle Bay. In a report to the General Assembly, the top UN investigator accused the US of breaking international law by killing terrorists through missile strikes...' [The UN is a dangerous absurdity.]
The logic seems to be that, if you're going to launch strikes to take out terrorists, it's only sporting to give them real people to shoot back at.
(A pity the UN doesn't apply that same logic to the terrorists...)