A Day in Paradise

You know it’s bad when Kofi Annan suggests it was an intentional strike.

“This coordinated artillery and aerial attack on a long-established and clearly marked U.N. post at Khiyam occurred despite personal assurances given to me by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that U.N. positions would be spared Israeli fire,” he said in a statement.

“Furthermore, General Alain Pelligrini, the U.N. force commander in south Lebanon, had been in repeated contact with Israeli officers throughout the day on Tuesday, stressing the need to protect that particular U.N. position from attack.”

Sound like a “don’t even think about sending international observers” message to me. Anyway, I think international observers are useless… we all remember how much good they were in Srebrenica. Even if they have the best intentions, exactly what are they supposed to do?

Oh for the good old days when everyone just picked a side.