THE SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE WEST

THE SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE WEST
On July the 3rd 1988 the Americans shot down an Iranian Airbus A300 killing 290 people, thinking it was a fighter jet, and nobody said much about it; let alone putting sanctions on America!!

Earlier this year Ukrainian rebels (allegedly?) shot down a Malaysian passenger jet killing 298 people, thinking it was a fighter jet!
Because Russia is supporting the rebels, America used the UN to impose sanctions on Russia, and the west went along with it!

In 2003 America invaded Iraq (initially without UN approval) because of ‘alleged’ WMD’s, and the west went along with it! No outrage or sanctions there??

When Russia took back Crimea after the Crimean’s voted yes in a referendum, there was a huge outrage from the west, saying the referendum was illegal?

But there was no outrage when America invaded Afghanistan to try and catch Bin Laden and his gang, or later when America’s military illegally entered Pakistan to illegally assassinate Bin Laden without trial??

How indignant we were when terrorists shot those people in France (Jan 2015)! But have we forgotten the terrorist action by France when they blew up and sank the Green-Peace ‘Rainbow Warrior’ protest boat in Auckland, New Zealand in 1985?

It’s obvious that it’s OK for America and the west to do these things, but a no-no when anybody else does it? We criticize ISIS for the beheadings and rapes etc, and as much as that is appalling, what about the napalm and agent- orange etc that killed thousands of innocents?? Have we conveniently got short memories, or has our self-righteousness blinded us??

None of these things done by the west, or anybody else can be justified in the name of anything!!! It is all wrong! We simply cannot keep finding fault with others while we ourselves remain imperfect!
(Read Mathew 7:1-5)
             
Peace to all, Colin Bowater.