‘It must be made clear that before accusing others, you must have the strength to know what you do yourself.’

Yet again, our government has demonstrated its impotence as advocates of human rights. The words above were spoken by the Sri Lankan President, in defence of his government’s actions in the war against the Tamil Tigers. Although the British and French foreign ministers were on an admirable mission to urge a ceasefire and an end to indiscriminate bombing which has killed many (possibly thousands of) civilians, plainly they had forgotten their self-inflicted castration - their own double standards, aka hypocrisy.

In addition to the references to Afghanistan made by the Sri Lankans, I refer of course to the recent massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Bernard Kouchner of France also apparently had a heated row with the Sri Lankan Defence Minister. Compare and contrast the differences in approach: Continue reading Is it coz they is black?