Human rights have been one issue in the world that has been championed by some and exploited by others. The establishment of the UN was a sign that the world will not stand and look when people are being oppressed. The world stood united (or at least theoretically) against tyranny.
Over the years we have seen the United States in particular, champion human rights all over the world. All the ones who suppressed their people were the enemies of US unfortunately this was just a big white lie. The US stood side by side with leaders such as Pinochet, Saddam etc when it was in the best interest of them. Don't get me wrong I very well know that never ever did the US think well about human rights. But one thing in my opinion has changed these years; it’s the fact that the US has flagrantly and openly violated human rights all over the world and the world has stood by and watched. One example was the pictures from the Abu Gharib prison after the invasion of Iraq. The US responded by saying that these were isolated incidents and that the US army should not be judged by these. And now we have seen pictures of US soldiers burning human bodies in Afghanistan. Isolated incidents?? I think not! This is just a very small example of the horrors of war and the culture of the American way.
No big protest happened; no all out outrage took place all over the world. Have the people become so ignorant that the people who were getting burnt are nothing as compared to some people stuck in the basement of their hotel where hurricane Wilma struck (I refer to the fact that the Australian Media went crazy about the fact that one couple was stuck in a basement of a hotel in Mexico while they were honeymooning when the hurricane Wilma struck).
I do not understand how people can be so ignorant and cold!?!?
Are nationalities so important that the simple matter of rights and respect (especially after death!) that everyone in the world should deserve, are totally forgotten?
One thing is for sure, the myth of human rights stays on. The UN is a dud and the world is ruled by only One Superpower.
