Thursday March 10, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

What can be done to stymie the despots? That is the question leaders worldwide should be asking themselves and each other.

Before the answer can be given, the problem must be properly defined. Part of the problem lies in the way the world is organized. Power and objectivity are lost in international organizations. And part of the problem lies in the unfortunate reality that many western nations coddle thugs and tyrants out of a desperate need to obtain much needed natural resources.

Libya sat on the UN Human Rights Council. Eventually, the Libyans were unceremoniously removed over their treatment of protesters at the beginning of the uprising. But what were they doing on the Human Rights Council in the first place?

Now Syria is lobbying to get onto that same Council. Syria, a country with a worse record on human rights than Libya.

While this is happening, Iran was appointed to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. This is the same Iran that publically executes women for marital indiscretions, for adultery and even for begin raped.

One of the answers is to praise and reward those international powers that stop rewarding thugocracies. The UN and its many offshoots must be shown the value of not empowering tyrants.

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