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The US uses International Law to further her hegemony..., 15 April 2000
By A Customer
"We have to steel ourselves and be determined that the will of the International Community, expressed in the United Nations Security Council resolutions (International Law) will have to prevail", President Clinton said, as the second American warship, USS Washington, set sail towards the Persian Gulf to address Saddam Hussein. America presents herself, yet again, as merely a simple servant to the common good of all nations. At least, that is what she says. That is why, the world was again witness to the demonisation of Saddam Hussein. After all, is he not a despotic dictator? After all, is he not a savage oppressor of his people? After all, is he not a threat to the good of all nations? That is why America preaches that the will of the 'International Community' must be brought to bear upon him. So, why, whilst in such loyal servitude, has it escaped America's attention that Hafiz al-Assad, of Syria is also a despotic dictator? He, like Saddam, was a Ba'athist who came to power by force. He has a large record of savage oppression, some acts even dwarfing the barbarism of Saddam. Assad ruthlessly massacred the entire town of Hama for their opposition to his rule. So why oh why is Assad not the subject to the 'will of the International Community'? Or, for that matter, other despotic dictators such as Mubarak and King Fahd? Why, indeed! In reality, America's servitude is for only one master, her interests and hers alone. The charade of the 'will of the International Community' is just a means to create credibility for America's actions. A veil beneath which to hide her real motives. So, if at one time, Saddam stood in America's way, she would act accordingly. If at another he stood with her, she would, again, act accordingly. In either case, whether America presents him as a 'saint' or a 'demon' is a means not an ends. Means are selected according to their efficiency at prodding the 'International Community' in America's favoured direction. This can be seen clearly from the events in Iraq in 1996. At that time Saddam clearly stood in America's way. His regime was an obstacle to American designs to establish an agent state in the lands of Kurdistan, carved out of Iraq. In April, 1996, America sent her delegates to bring a reconciliation between the two rival factions of PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurds) and KDP (Kurdish Democratic Party) and establish a nucleus for a separate Kurdish state. America did not hide this association. Her press reported recently the full extent of CIA funding for Kurdish sep |
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