UN Observer

This is a repost of my August 5, 2006 blog from edublogs.com

HE DIED WITH A PURPOSE

 

Body of Du Zhaoyu brought in Beijing
(Xinhua/China Daily)
Updated: 2006-08-02 12:16

The body of Chinese UN observer Lt. Colonel Du Zhaoyu, who was killed last week during an Israeli air raid on Lebanon, was brought home on Wednesday morning.

Du's coffin, covered with the Chinese and UN flags, was carried from the plane by eight Chinese soldiers.

A Lieutenant Colonel in the PLA, 34-year-old Du was sent to Lebanon last December as a UN observer.

He is also the eighth Chinese military staff to die in UN peacekeeping mission since 1988, when China joined the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and started to participate in missions.

 

            I envy Du Zhaoyu!  Not only because he became a National Hero and he died serving the world, but because he is now resting.  What else could anyone ask for in this world of eternal bickering?  A world so imperfect!  A world full of wars.  Where people fight over the simplest of things, from a husband and wife spat to arguments about dogs, to nations trying to outdo each other by firing missiles.