So, where were we now? Oh yes, now I
remember, the election of the Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant to the human rights arm
of the United Nations. Right! Wrong? My
impression is all skewed, is it? Well then
correct me. Oh of course ISIL mocked human
rights, it celebrated Medieval torture and
honed its skills in atrocity-laden videos the
better to shock the world; it took human
decency to the bedrock of primal anguish
over inhumanity. So how could it qualify to
join the stalwarts of the UN's sterling-qualified
roster of human rights defenders? Well then
what in effect is the difference between Syria
and ISIL? The Syrian regime slaughtered a
half-million Syrians for the crime of opposing
the regime which failed to represent their best
interests. It committed mass torture, imprisoned
and raped men, women and children before
killing them. It sent helicopter gunships to attack
breadlines, it bombed hospitals, it used chemical
weapons on civilian populations, it dropped
barrel bombs on its Sunni Syrian population, it
created millions of displaced and refugees. It
fits right in on the UN's rights format. It is ISIL.
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