Stardate 20010927.1416 (On Screen): It bothers me a bit that the US has proposed a UN resolution which would request other nations to do something that we in the US cannot legally do. The resolution asks member nations to try to clamp down on the finances of terrorist organizations, which is fine. It asks that working to finance such organizations be made a crime -- which is reasonable. But it also asks that freedom of movement of suspected terrorists be restricted -- which is unconstitutional in the US. Other places it isn't, of course, but the US itself isn't capable of passing such a law and having it stand court challenge. If we're supposed to be the paragon of freedom in the world, why are we asking other nations to restrict the freedom of their people in ways we ourselves find abhorrent?
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