October 26, 2005
William Bowles eviscerates
the Mehlis Report on the Hariri assassination (I couldn't get his link
to the report to work, but it is available all over the internet,
including, in a very annoying but complete zip file, here), concluding: "Due
to the vague nature of the Report, the fact that it is incomplete and
because of its unsubstantiated and politically loaded implications, it
is possible for any and all conclusions to be drawn from it, which is
precisely what the media and politicians have done and why it takes the
form that it does. There could be no clearer example of the
relationship between propaganda and the press than the Mehlis Report,
serving as it does as a backdrop to USUK machinations in the region,
partially to draw attention away from the disastrous situation in Iraq
and also to 'soften up' the public for any potential moves against
Syria.
What the report does is create the context for the
inflammatory and threatening statements made by US secretary of state
Condi Rice, US ambassador to the UN Bolton, Jack Straw, British foreign
secretary and the Israeli government, all of whom have, in no uncertain
terms used the UN Report as a justification for 'regime change' in
Syria."
It used to be, as recently as Lockerbie (not that Libya
had anything to do with Lockerbie, but that's another matter), that
these matters were treated as criminal international law matters, and
trials were held. Now, under the new American law, if a country does
something you don't like, you can call 'regime change', which
apparently results in your self-appointed right to do anything and
everything against the civilian population of the country, including
'shock and awe' and violent oppressive occupation, in order to force a
change in government. Since the Americans and Israelis are allowed to
call 'regime change' based on a shoddy report which proves nothing at
all, there really is no such thing as national sovereignty anymore.
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