Prairie dog sandwich hiding a military operation
Hey DOCs? WHICH IS MORE DANGEROUS? FOOD? OR
OR
Posted on 10/08/2001 3:54:17 PM PDT by Starbreed
MSF refuses notion of coalition between humanitarian aid and military strikes
Dropping a few cases of drugs and food in the middle of the night during air raids... is virtually useless and may even be dangerous.
Paris, Oct 8, 2001 - Yesterday the American and British forces launched air strikes on Afghanistan following the massacre of 6,000 people in New York and Washington on September 11th. This attack was accompanied by what is described as a 'humanitarian' operation, designed to gain public support for these bombings.
This is not a humanitarian operation. It is part of a military campaign designed to gather international approval of the attacks led by the United States.
Dropping a few cases of drugs and food in the middle of the night during air raids, without knowing who is going to collect them, is virtually useless and may even be dangerous. What sense is there in shooting with one hand and distributing medicines with the other?
How will the Afghan population know in the future if an offer of humanitarian aid does not hide a military operation? Furthermore, the confusion between military and humanitarian operations only increases the danger for already complicated humanitarian action, limiting even further the possibilities of intervention.
Médecins Sans Frontières therefore rejects the idea of a humanitarian coalition alongside the military coalition, as requested by president Bush and Prime Minister Blair, and calls for the imperative necessity of independent humanitarian action.
Are we to honestly believe that these people are turning down the food because they were delivered by the same people who were fighting their oppressors?
This author is a numbskull.
Prairie dog sandwich hiding a military operation
Hey DOCs? WHICH IS MORE DANGEROUS? FOOD? OR
OR
Someone needs to tell this guy that we are not dropping the food and the bombs in the same places.
Besides, would he prefer that we not drop the food at all?
Are there any German Freepers out there? Maybe you can march towards this guy, he is sure to either run away or switch sides.
The MSF role in emergency medical aid
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries. In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existant, MSF collaborates with authorities such as the Ministry of Health to provide assistance. MSF works in rehabilitation of hospitals and dispensaries, vaccination programmes and water and sanitation projects. MSF also works in remote health care centres, slum areas and provides training of local personnel. All this is done with the objective of rebuilding health structures to acceptable levels.
Raising Awareness
In carrying out humanitarian assistance, MSF seeks also to raise awareness of crisis situations; MSF acts as a witness and will speak out, either in private or in public about the plight of populations in danger for whom MSF works. In doing so, MSF sets out to alleviate human suffering, to protect life and health and to restore and ensure respect for the human beings and their fundamental human rights.
Only a small percentage of the populations that find themselves in a situation of danger gain the attention of the media. MSF teams travel to places that many people have never heard of, to assist those who have fallen victim to natural or man-made disasters. MSF volunteers have a story to tell when they return from their missions, and they use their experiences to speak of what they have seen. For MSF, raising awareness for these populations and the situations they are in is an important task. Whenever possible, MSF volunteers give interviews and make presentations. MSF offices worldwide facilitate the organisation of gatherings, for individuals and groups who want to speak in their home communities. MSF also mounts exhibitions and, from time to time, releases publications, with the aim of raising awareness.
It is part of MSF's work to address any violations of basic human rights encountered by field teams, violations perpetrated or sustained by political actors. It does so by confronting the responsible actors themselves, by putting pressure on them through mobilisation of the international community and by issuing information publicly. In order to prevent compromise or manipulation of MSF's relief activities, MSF maintains neutrality and independance from individual governments. The organisation also tries to ensure that the majority of funds raised for its work comes directly from contributions from the general public. In this way, MSF guarantees equal access to its humanitarian assistance.
MSF has been setting up emergency medical aid missions around the world since 1971.
They'd rather protect ol'BinLaden and get their country bombed than help their own children! Give me a break!
Reject this.
These "humanitarian warriors" proved to the whole world during the wars in the former Yugoslavia just exactly what they are--muslim shills!!!! One of their founders is Bernard Kouchner, the first UN Grand Procurator of Kosovo, who openly favored the muslim savages of the KLA and allowed them to kill hundreds of Serbs and demolish 100 Christian churches of world historical significance!!!!
When the Greek chapter of Médecins Sans Frontières went to Yugoslavia to provide medical aid to Serbian Christians, this organization EXPELLED THE GREEK CHAPTER!!! "Without Borders" indeed!!!
Now these damnable muslim boot-lickers are finding a sneaky way to oppose the United States' war effort and to support the muslim Taleban. They're acting RIGHT IN CHARACTER!!!!
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