Neocon Tod Lindberg praises the UN for officially endorsing a policy of interfering in the affairs of other states who fail in their “responsibility” to protect “their citizens” from genocide and “crimes against humanity.” Of course, the definition of crimes against humanity will expand until US troops, under UN command, are being sent to overthrow governments that fail to provide public housing, a right guaranteed in the beloved UN Declaration of Human Rights. Remember when conservatives opposed wasting American lives in “UN humanitarian crusades?”

Of course, the left continues to support humanitarian wars. I have heard left wingers denounce the Iraq war and then complain that the US is not doing anything to stop the violence in Darfur!