Two countries were invaded by strong neighbors. Iraq made every
possible mistake in public relations invaded Kuwait, a country,
treasured by the West for its wealth and petroleum. Syria invaded a
country ruled by anarchy and civil war, Lebanon. who cares?
The
world reacted militarily to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.(It did not
respond in a similar way to protect the Kurds in the North or the
Shiite in the South. The late ethnic groups lack power, money and
petroleum). Syria's invasion was "forgotten".
Did Germany sign an
agreement with the newly installed government in Lebanon, just as Nazi
Germany signed an agreement with Austria at the eve of the Anschluss?
Lebanon lost its sovereignty to Syria. And as Lord Lloyd of Dolobran,
the British High Commissioner of Egypt wrote, "To tell a country she is
independent while you keep an army of occupation is only a
contradiction in terms but a fraud" (quoted in ZUES, by Keith
Kyle).Assad succeeded in this maneuver, diverting world's attention from
Lebanon (first stage in the implementation of the policy of "Greater
Syria") by confusing all with a qualified, conditional, vague "yes" to
James Baker's initiative.
Why did the world decline to accept
Kuwait's puppet government in Kuwait, ruled by Saddam which government
called for the "merging" of Kuwait with Iraq, and is welcoming the
puppet government in Lebanon ruled by Assad?
Why is James Baker
ready to negotiate with the world's greatest supporter of international
terrorism, whilst Americans, Britons and others are held in Lebanon, by
groups influenced by Syria?
On what basis does the US offer political credit to a ruler whose record of civil rights is a contempt to the civilized world?
Why
is Assad accorded niceties while Manuel Noriega is in jail, in Miami,
after being ousted by the USA? After all Assad's involvement in
international drug trafficking (from Lebanon, with the help of his
brother Rifat) is no less destructive and involves no less amount of
Dollars then the business conducted by Noriega.
Assad succeeded in
Lebanon where Sadam failed in Kuwait, as the former is a master in
deception and Washington champions naivete.
In his new book HITLER
AND STALIN PARALLEL LIVES, Allen Bullock points at a conclusion Hitler
"drew from his Viennese days. One was the ease with which the masses
could be manipulated by skillful propaganda". Assad understood better.
World leaders can also be misled. And there is always Israel to pay for
it all.
24th July, 1991
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