Syria seems to be implicated in the murder of Rafik Hariri in Beirut in February last. The US is outraged and is sabre-rattling. Syria does deserve the severest condemnation by all law-abiding countries. But are we on the path of Iraq Mark 2?
That said, the UN resolution condemning Syria does have an air of hypocracy about it, especially as the US has been a driving force in "attacking" Syria's actions. But wait, haven't the Americans themselves been involved or implicated in various countries in either assassinations of political leaders or changes of Government?
One can readily see double-standards emerging here. Interestingly, today's op-ed piece in the International Herald Tribune [bear in mind this is, in effect, the NYT] makes the very same point that Arab nations could be justified in complaining about double standards given the way the US and the UN have not responded to various Israeli incidents against Palestinians.
That said, the UN resolution condemning Syria does have an air of hypocracy about it, especially as the US has been a driving force in "attacking" Syria's actions. But wait, haven't the Americans themselves been involved or implicated in various countries in either assassinations of political leaders or changes of Government?
One can readily see double-standards emerging here. Interestingly, today's op-ed piece in the International Herald Tribune [bear in mind this is, in effect, the NYT] makes the very same point that Arab nations could be justified in complaining about double standards given the way the US and the UN have not responded to various Israeli incidents against Palestinians.
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