We have to shame them into helping us!

Yep... that is a dialog I heard on the Movie " Hotel Rwanda" and it is the truth.

This is the state of affairs of the western world, I am afaird. It was pathetic that the western world didnot stop the genocide in Rwanda (and I doubt they will stop one in any part of Africa). I would also recommend one to read the book by Philip Gourevitch (We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda) if one wants to really hate what the west did in Rwanda.

Foreign Policy is unfortunately dictated by the countries own selfish interests (sometimes I feel rightly so). However the loser in this is the country that is at the receiving end of this like Rwanda. The only realy remedy for this is a strong, unfettered UN force. However the UN today is only shackled by the Western Powers.

If the balance of power shifts from West to East, unfortunately it will not change any of the responsiveness of the UN forces, it will only shift the priorities. The only real way to shift this is to have a completely independent UN Force. Even this needs to be thought through as one needs to ensure that a appropriate response from this independent UN Force is consistently sought.

The only real thought I would like to leave one with this essay is how can humans find this level of evil in them to cause suffering for fellow humans!