Originally posted by Skunk:
The creation of this military court for foreign terrorists is a good example of these dual standards. And the Bush administration has seemingly forgotten that is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). This military court clearly breaches the declaration:
Article 2.
"Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty."
Article 7.
"All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination."
I think if you'll look at the rest of this, you'll find that the UN has basically done nothing in the last 50 years. It has merely been an umbrella different nations have used to act under, sometimes alone, sometimes together, for mutual benefit, at different times.
Read
very carefully all of those rights from that link, and then look at the list of member nations.
This is the perfect example of the double standard the US believes it is expected to live up to.
The US will refuse to be "arbitrarily" singled out. Sanctions? If Iraqi can survive this "deadly" UN force, the US certainly can.
[ 11-21-2001: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]