March 3, 2011
Western Hypocrisy Exposed: NATO War Crimes?
NATO is poised to attack Libya in the wake of uprisings in that African country.
Libyan leader Moammar Ghaddafi has attacked hundreds of his citizens in an effort to protect his fiefdom.
In the wake of the situation, Western hypocrisy is exposed once again.
Understandably, Moammar Ghaddafi should stand trial for war crimes against his people. But SNC Lavalin is building prisons for people that oppose him. Should they too stand trial for war crimes?
And what of NATO? This is the same NATO that in 2010 killed nearly 20% of the 1,000+ civilians killed in Afghanistan as a direct result of military actions in that country, although these estimates vary widely.
To what extent are we accountable for our own war crimes?