Sunday, September 3, 2006

Are The Terror Outfits Getting Legitimacy?

If the recently concluded war between Israel and the outfit Hezbollah is anything to go by, it looks like the terror outfits are getting legitimized. By mediating between a nation state on the one hand and an independent outfit on the other which is not accountable or responsible to any international body, isn't the UN indirectly legitimizing the outfit?

The very fact that the Lebanese military was missing in action throughout the 34 day war is a proof that this fight had nothing to do with any Lebanese cause, something for which the Lebanese government stood. Otherwise how can a national military stand mute witness to another nation invading its territory, leave alone bombing its towns and cities?

It was alright for Lebanese military to fight this war because national governments can be expected to comply with the UN mandates. And if a government doesn't, it can be subjected to various sanctions and embargoes. However, an organization that does not even recognize the international community can never be reined. There is nothing official in it that can be reined in.

Has Hezbollah proved itself to be a responsible outfit that UN thought of mediating and asking for a dialogue? Can UN bring about a real truce with conditions binding an independent outfit? Ironically the UN is mediating for an outfit which has over the last two years blatantly disregarded its Security Council resolution 1559 of September 2004. Weapons, let alone war, in the hands of any such outfit can be very dangerous because they act unilaterally at their whims and fancies.

Tomorrow will the UNSC have the same approach towards Al-Qaeda, a Sunni Islamist organization. The most prominent members of the group are adherents of Salafism, a fundamentalist sect of Sunni Islam, just as Hezbollaz is a Shi’ite one. As Al-Qaeda is prominent in Afghanistan, will it be allowed to procure weapons and fight a war? Haven't they proved themselves to be a terror outfit than a responsible organization.

Whether UN puts condition on them or not, these outfits will go ahead and procure and amass weapons, but by mediating and asking for a dialogue isn’t UN legitimizing them?

1 comment:

  1. Yes, the United Nations does legitimize them and all terrorists and American-hating countries. For that reason alone they need to go. Now.

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