Caterpiller on Par with Smith & Wesson

Ok, now this is a tough one . . . Well maybe not, but let's give it a try, shall we?
I'm an avid supporter of Israel, but not blind to some of their actions. Given the fact an entire religion, one billion strong, is dedicated to their annihilation, one can be somewhat lenient to their tactics. The one I have the most problem with is the bulldozing of homes and orchards. I don't have a problem of `dozing the homes of homicide bombers, but I do when it's used as collective punishment.

Now comes this, from the body that John Kerry want to have the final say:

A leading UN official has warned US manufacturer Caterpillar that it may be complicit in human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza.

and this:

Mr Ziegler is the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights' Special Rapporteur on the right to food. In his letter, he described destruction by the bulldozers of "agricultural farms, greenhouses and ancient olive groves".

Caterpillar says it is not its job to police use of its equipment Caterpillar's actions in supplying the D-9 and D-10 bulldozers mean they may be complicit in violating the right to food, Mr Ziegler said.

Ok, so while I think handguns are made for one purpose and one purpose only - to kill people. I just don't think Caterpiller tractors are made for the purpose of destroying homes.

Now, my little dig a Kerry was a wee bit factitious, but here's a man who wants to rely on the UN so much so that he would validate his foreign policy via the UN. But when Chad, Libya and Iran are able to chair Human Rights committees, one must question their sanity as well as motives, no less than questioning the motives of corporate fat cats.