Friday, August 08, 2008
Blessed be the Russians
Instinctively don’t most of us think Russia is probably the aggressor here: Georgian, Russian Troops Clash in South Ossetia
Here’s the part that had me baffled:
“Russia, which has peacekeeping troops in the area…”
That no doubt is how the Russian PR people refer to them but I have no idea why the Washington Post adapts the same terminology. Doesn’t it just scream ‘oxymoron’?
Side Note: Just for fun, do a search on the Washington Post site using variations of the word “peacekeepers”. See often they associate it with U.S. troops.
Here’s the part that had me baffled:
“Russia, which has peacekeeping troops in the area…”
That no doubt is how the Russian PR people refer to them but I have no idea why the Washington Post adapts the same terminology. Doesn’t it just scream ‘oxymoron’?
Side Note: Just for fun, do a search on the Washington Post site using variations of the word “peacekeepers”. See often they associate it with U.S. troops.
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I remember from the mid-70's a news report from Lebanon that mentioned that Syrian peacekeepers killed a few hundred.
I guess one man's peacekeeper is another man's genocidal maniac.
I guess one man's peacekeeper is another man's genocidal maniac.
IS that the UN peacekeepers who "engage in 'sexual exploitation and abuse'". Nice.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080812/wl_nm/congo_democratic_un_dc
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