Thursday, July 15, 2004

Just a thought

From the Washington Institute:
"Ironically, three countries -- India, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey -- condemned Israel at the UN General Assembly and voted to refer the Israeli fence to the ICJ for an advisory opinion even though they had themselves built barriers in areas contested by their neighbors. India is just completing a 460-mile barrier in the contested Kashmir to halt infiltrations supported by Pakistan; within the last two years, Saudi Arabia built a sixty-mile barrier along an undefined border zone with Yemen to halt smuggling of weaponry; and Turkey built a barrier in an area that Syria claims as its own."
Hat-tip: Dissecting Leftism.

Sure, the Israeli government has done and is doing things which are abhorrent to Libertarians everywhere. But, because you see that Israel is clearly not being treated fairly in the UN or in the world press, you can't help feeling sympathetic.