UN Troops Commit Sexual Assault....Again!

I can see why the Right attacks the United Nations.  They see it as an attack on American sovereignty and wonder why they should put so much money into an organization that "doesn't serve the national interest."  And considering the fact that the United States funds 22% of the United Nation's budget, I wouldn't exactly blame them for being concerned about money being properly spent.

However, you have to admit that if the Left is being critical of the United Nations, you have to begin to wonder whether the United Nations is qualified to do their job.  That is exactly what I thought when I read this publication from the Center of Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), which is a Left-of-center think tank.  It has been verified that United Nations peace-keeping troops are at it again with the sexual assault.  This isn't the first time that UN troops have participated in such egregious behavior.  They have done it before in Sri Lanka, Congo, and Haiti.  It makes it all the more repulsive since these troops have immunity from prosecution.

I personally hope that H.R. 2829 passes Congress so the United Nations can actually be held accountable for the NGO in its entirety.  There are few things more morally reprehensible than a human rights organization going around and violating human rights, which is in direct conflict with their Universal Declaration of Human Rights.