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U.N. could take lessons from Rambo
By BRIDGET JOHNSON
Los Angeles Daily News
January 29, 2008
Last week, the United Nations' Human Rights Council -- a contradiction in terms with members such as Cuba, China and Saudi Arabia -- voted 30-1, with 15 abstentions, to condemn Israel for "grave violations of the human and humanitarian rights of Palestinian civilians," for "undermining" the peace process, "incessant and repeated Israeli military attacks," and causing "loss of life and injuries among Palestinian civilians, including women and children."
There was zero mention of Hamas' continued rocket attacks on Israel -- which preceded the cutoff of supplies that has caused such an uproar -- or Hamas' refusal to renounce violence against and attempted destruction of the Jewish state.
Only Canada had the chutzpah to cast that lone "no" vote. The United States, long having realized the HRC is a farce, is not a member.
Also last week, the long-awaited "Rambo" resurrection arrived.
The film opens with real images -- like a monk's bloated body floating in a marsh -- of the peaceful fall protests and subsequent violent crackdown in Myanmar/Burma that has so quickly slipped from the public consciousness.
After Rambo is convinced to take a group of naive, demanding missionaries up river from Thailand, they happen upon a cabal of Burmese pirates intent on raping the woman in the group and beheading the rest of the lot. Rambo wastes the bad guys and saves everybody's life. In return, the lead missionary lectures Rambo that it's never, ever right to take a human life and says he's going to report the incident to get Rambo in trouble. You'd think he worked for the U.N.
After the missionaries learn they can't outrun the junta and will one by one be fed to wild pigs, mercenaries are hired to be taken by Rambo to rescue the church folk. Needless to say, after witnessing the depravity of the junta the mercenaries are ready to tuck tail and head home. You'd think they wore blue helmets.
Rambo intercedes with a stern, arrow-enforced reminder that this is their job, and you gotta "Live for nothing or die for something. Your call."
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