Try again George - and read what I say.
I did NOT say the US is running sexual abuse camps - I DID say that the US IS running prisoner abuse camps. I contrasted the appalling abuse of children by UN soldiers, which I do not think you are actually claiming was UN policy, (are you?), with the institutionalized abuse of prisoners in US hands.
I was unaware this thread was about France. I thought it a rather trolly attempt by Brandon to foment dispute about what he sees (or claims to see) - as hypocricy re the UN of those who criticise the US. We can doubtless go through the world together and spend a long time condemning past and present behaviours of each country - and the UN - and the League of Nations - etc and find many abuses. I was attempting to answer the specific accusation made by Brandon.
I was pointing out:
a That there has been indignation re the UN, despite te imaginings of such as Brandon.
b That the comparison of bad behaviour by UN troops to the US prisoner abuses were incorrect, as there is ongoing US planning and institutionalizing of the prisoner abuse, and hence the US government in its ongoing behaviour is worthy of more criticism.
Yes - your bias is as clear to me - shrugs - so be it - we shall continue to consider each other as biased - though I am not aware of having used personal abuse to you.
Brandon, even, acknowledges that the UN has taken action, at the beginning of this thread - and some of the difficulties therein:
"In-Country Courts Martial?
Since the United Nations can't impose punishment on criminal peacekeepers, one possible solution to this problem is to establish courts martial for military personnel within the country where the peacekeeping mission is taking place. The home country of the accused peacekeeper would do the investigating instead of the country where the alleged activities took place, since nations such as Haiti and Sierra Leone have little semblance of any effective law and order system.
"These are countries that want to be viewed as [having] professional militaries. It is very difficult to conduct a legal inquest thousands of kilometers from where it happened because you don't have access to witnesses and chains of evidence are broken," the U.N. official told FOX News.
Adding another degree of pressure to the United Nations is the U.S. State Department.
American officials are pushing for a number of changes to require:
— Instituting advance training for U.N. peacekeepers that makes it clear that sexual abuse and exploitation will be quickly investigations and dealt with appropriately.
— Requiring troop-contributing countries to commit, in writing, to provide such training and to deal swiftly with abuse allegations and report back to the U.N. on the results.
— Establishing a roster of people who have committed sexual abuse or exploitation while serving with the United Nations, promising to bar them from future service.
"The United States takes its responsibility with respect to U.N. peacekeeping missions very seriously. I believe other Security Council members do as well," Kim Holmes, assistant secretary for the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs, said during a recent House committee hearing on the issue.
"Sexual exploitation of civilians is intolerable and we will place its prevention and punishment as a top priority in all U.N. peacekeeping missions," Holmes said.
But perhaps the most effective way to root out this type of behavior, McClure suggested, is the intense media attention being given to peacekeeping abuses.
"The exposure of crimes will in and of itself cause states and the practice to at least slow down and hopefully stop," McClure said."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150798,00.html
"UN dismisses staff as Congo abuse inquiry continues
The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has suspended or dismissed 12 of its civilian employees as it holds an inquiry into the sexual abuse of minors.
UN spokesman Fred Eckhard says MONUC led the investigation into the actions of 17 people, three of whom were exonerated on lack of evidence, while a fourth is still under investigation.
Of the remaining 13, one has been summarily dismissed and is currently being prosecuted in France.
Another resigned rather than face disciplinary procedures.
"Six have been suspended without pay pending disciplinary action," Mr Eckhard said.
From the latter group, five are volunteers and their cases have been transferred to the UN Development Program.
In February, the UN announced that its troops in Democratic Republic of Congo had been ordered not to have sexual relations with Congolese, following revelations a month prior of sexual abuse of 13-year-olds.
Both soldiers and UN civilian employees were implicated."
These people should certainly suffer prosecution - however I believe the UN may not launch criminal prosecutions itself?
I am unsure what else you wish them to do to stop this terrible problem?
Member states ought certainly to prosecute their own people, no? And militaries court-martial their troops?