Is the UN biased?
A friend forwarded me a link to this article in the Scotsman:
"SERBIA yesterday denounced a two-year sentence given to a Bosnian Muslim as a mockery of justice and proof that the United Nations war crimes tribunal in the Hague was biased against it."
Now anyone who remembers this particular brutal period of European history is aware that both sides were guilty of commiting atrocities. However, compare this sentence to the ones that were handed out to non-muslims in Bosnia by the same tribunal and you get a feel for the disparity that the Serbs are complaining about.
What may be surprising to some Americans (those who have not been paying attention to this story that is) is that many of those who committed war crimes for the Bosnia Muslims were foreign mujahideen. Given what we are hearing out of Iraq today, we can fairly confidently state that this is a common tactic for the radical Islamists. My friend, Dr. Bruce Tefft, would tell you that this is not a surprising tactic.
However, this verdict gives fuel to the thought that the UN is more "Muslim friendly" than it is to any other religion/ethnic group. The fact that the UN seems to bend over backwards to protect/excuse Muslim excesses and/or atrocities and seems to prosecute non-Muslims more fervently is again in the fore. Will anything be done about it or will it be swept under the rug? Hopefully, our new Ambassador to the UN will be able to raise a red flag.
"SERBIA yesterday denounced a two-year sentence given to a Bosnian Muslim as a mockery of justice and proof that the United Nations war crimes tribunal in the Hague was biased against it."
Now anyone who remembers this particular brutal period of European history is aware that both sides were guilty of commiting atrocities. However, compare this sentence to the ones that were handed out to non-muslims in Bosnia by the same tribunal and you get a feel for the disparity that the Serbs are complaining about.
What may be surprising to some Americans (those who have not been paying attention to this story that is) is that many of those who committed war crimes for the Bosnia Muslims were foreign mujahideen. Given what we are hearing out of Iraq today, we can fairly confidently state that this is a common tactic for the radical Islamists. My friend, Dr. Bruce Tefft, would tell you that this is not a surprising tactic.
However, this verdict gives fuel to the thought that the UN is more "Muslim friendly" than it is to any other religion/ethnic group. The fact that the UN seems to bend over backwards to protect/excuse Muslim excesses and/or atrocities and seems to prosecute non-Muslims more fervently is again in the fore. Will anything be done about it or will it be swept under the rug? Hopefully, our new Ambassador to the UN will be able to raise a red flag.
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