It looks like we are heading towards new records in breaking international law these days.
The US still keep Guantanamo - that's something we almost got used to. The reason why the captives there remain is simply by definition of the US government (stating that they are enemy combattants caught during a war). Even though the people there are helt captive without having a trail or even the chance to get one. And the reason why is not that they do not have the right. Even the US supreme court states that this is illegal according to US law. The people there just do not GET the chance to have a fair trial and even the international red cross is not allowed to visit them. That's as if the US government said: "Fuck the supreme court and fuck international law!". Well, we've heard some voices (from the US) stating that the US acts like a banana republic after the first time George W. Bush was declared to the president elected by a minority of votes... but OK, let's leave the inmates of Guantanamo, because the do have something which hundreds of people in Lebanon already lost: Their life!
On the Lebanon it's Israel that took the opportunity after the kidnapping of 3 soldiers to start an "armed conflict", perfectly backed up by the US (which managed to protect Israel from any conviction by the UN security council and made sure that Israel got a lot of time to do what they wanted without any reaction from the UN). Israel claims to be perfectly nice and harmless, telling the Lebanese that they should leave their houses, because otherwise they will die in there. Of course Israel claims that Hisbolla is launching rockets from residential areas - which may even be correct in many case. But what about the Lebanese electrical plants in the north and what about the main roads fugitives tried to use to escape the bombings? What about the UN observers killed by the Israelean forces - in a place that was known to Israel for a long time. Considering that Israel has one of the best equipped army in this region with precise weapons (just as the US that claimed to be able to do surgical operations during the Gulf wars) the explanation that this was an "accident" is pretty weak. Also neglecting the UN request to be involved in the investigation makes the whole event even more suspicious.
But - fuck the international law - Hisbolla keeps on firing rockets (and thus taking an important role in this conflict) and Israel keeps on bombing the Lebanon back to middle ages - mainly killing uninvolved civilians and destroying infrastructure not frequented by Hisbolla. Is this a part of the "war against terrorism"?
Is this "self defense"? This is a bit hard to believe when counting the civil "casualties". Israel has crossed the line and not only entered Lebanon, but also terrorism by systematically killing civilians. Good or bad - there's not too much difference to be seen between Hisbolla and Israel. None of the two can win this conflict. But Israel is much more efficient than Hisbolla in killing people that just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. And Israel has George W. Bush...
So, what's the consequence? Does it pay of to fuck international law?
Most probably not. Rather the opposite. Doing so is like glueing a "Kick me" paper on the most sensitive parts of your body. It's just an invitation to those who kick from behind and you cannot defeat, because they run faster than you can. The whole story about "war against terror" is just paying off for the ones who sell arms and material used in conficts. Terrorism is not defeated by injustice.
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My belief is that this conflict is just there to set the stages for "greater" thing to come.
Israel will kick up enough dust, kill enough civilians (mainly muslims) to drag Syria and Iran (Syria and Iran have mutual defense contracts) into the conflict.
This will then be the perfect reason for the US to start waging war against Syria and Iran.
I think even the US Gouvernment has realized that another WMD fakery will not do this time to get the Iran war rolling.
Cheers,
a former collegue
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