60 People Killed in Fierce Fighting, Including Civilians

The above headline refers to a U.N. battle in Congo, but would be splashed over newspapers and televisions for several days if it involved U.S. soldiers in Iraq or elsewhere. Thanks to The American Thinker for the article link.

United Nations peacekeepers have gone on the offensive against a militia group in Congo, deploying helicopters and killing nearly 60 people in the biggest battle fought by the world body in more than a decade.

But criticism of the operation was mounting yesterday when it emerged that up to a third of the dead could have been civilians used as human shields by the group that was the attackers' intended target.

UN commanders dismissed suggestions that the more forceful approach was retaliation for an ambush last week in which nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers were tortured then executed.

Doesn’t the U.N. understand that violence only begets more violence and that they could have resolved any problems if they just took the time to sit down and talk with the militia group?