More Wierd Juxtapositions

From yesterday's WaPo:

Annan Requests U.S. Peacekeepers in Liberia
By Colum Lynch, Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 2, 2003; Page A18

UNITED NATIONS, July 1 -- For a second straight day, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the United States today to lead an international peacekeeping force in Liberia as the Bush administration came under increasing pressure from Britain, France and some West African countries to send U.S. troops to the country to halt a worsening civil war.

U.N. officials estimate that as many as 5,000 troops, including 2,000 Americans, would be required to restore order in Liberia.

From Yahoo News (AP):

Dean Calls for Intervention in Liberia
Wed Jul 2, 6:51 PM ET
By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer,

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a prominent opponent of the war in Iraq, called Wednesday for dispatching U.S. troops to Liberia to head off a human rights crisis. "I would urge the president to tie our commitment to assist in this multilateral effort to an appeal to the world to join us in the work that remains to be done in Iraq," Dean said. Dean called for a short-term deployment of roughly 2,000 U.S. troops as part of an international effort to stabilize the African nation.

Wazzup w' dis? France? Koffi Annan? Dean? Who's next? Kim Jong Il?

What's their motive?

Is this just an ironic recognition of the world's helplessness against violence and brutality in the absence of US power, or is it driven by a cynical pleasure at seeing American boys die on CNN? ("We got zem now, Koffi! Wait 'til ze RPGs start to fly in Monrovia!")

You decide.

Monk