“For whatever reason, the UN process for investigating and bringing to justice criminals working under its banner seemingly works not at all”

Perhaps you did not read my email on Dec 9 which explains the reason (i.e. the US government and others will not let the UN punish soldiers from member states).

I think you misunderstand the process.

With respect, I think you misunderstand the issue.

For whatever reason, the UN process for investigating and bringing to justice criminals working under its banner seemingly works not at all, while the process of the US for investigating wrongdoing and bringing criminals working under its banner works far, far better.

Brian

“investigated, widely condemned publicly, and the perpetrators and their superiors prosecuted.”

I think you misunderstand the process.

Unfortunately, the UN has no authority to punish soldiers leant to it by members states (actually thank america for leading the pack in pressing for this). All the UN can do is investigate claims- which has been done- then send home guilty soldiers to their respective countries and strongly urge the governments to prosecute their soldiers (which they are relectant to do).

You seem to want it both ways- on the one hand americans dont want to let the UN prosecute american solders or citizens on the other hand you complain when the UN does not prosecute soldiers or citizens from member states.

So which is it that you want? To give UN authority to punish soldiers from members states ot not?

“Is the US evil because of what a few US soldiers did at Abu Graib or Mai Lai in Vietnam? Or are you only applying this logic to the UN?”

When it comes to rape, torture and murder, and other crimes, the difference between those crimes being committed by US soldiers and them being committed by UN peacekeepers might be the extent to which the crimes are investigated, widely condemned publicly, and the perpetrators and their superiors prosecuted.

What do you think?

Evil committed by one person or group is irrelevant to that by another. The difference is the UN persists in its actions and justifies while the US condemns and tries to prevent its — as do most countries, democratic ones anyway. Even those that are not feel compelled to at least pretend to, such as in the Iranian PM’s letter to Americans last week.

The ultimate perniciousness is that the UN does not even deign to the Iranian PM’s hypocrisy (the homage vice pays to virtue, as La Rochefoucald famously put it) and instead subverts the idea of virtue altogether.

Just google ‘US military rape’ or ‘US military atrocities’ and you’ll get plenty of items to be going on with.

Dont get me wrong, its terrible what some fo the Brazilian and I think Nigerian soldiers assigned to the UN did.

“corruption, evilness and greed”

Is the US evil because of what a few US soldiers did at Abu Graib or Mai Lai in Vietnam? Or are you only applying this logic to the UN?

Just wondering…

As far as equivalencies are concerned, please tell me which US military units are widely known to be serially raping children instead of fulfilling their duties, for example, and remaining unpunished and even undisciplined?

I’m waiting.

The UN “stands up” to nobody other than Israel and the US. What little good it does can be easily duplicated on a smaller and far cheaper scale, while its corruption, evilness, and greed should not be paid for by any moral person.

Still waiting.

These idiots don’t want to destroy themselves, they want to destroy the U.S. “Isolationism” means you will sit idly by and pretend you are safe while the sword that will behead you is manufactured and brought to your door. No, thanks.

Ironic that you post this stuff on 7 December.