Assad and Clinton? Why?
Confucius taught us to “study the past, if you
would divine the future”
To begin with, we should compare US’s attitude
towards leaders. Manuel Noriega and Haffes-el-Assad. The former
was ousted militarily, taken from his own country by force and put in jail in
Miami. This "in appreciation’’ to his drug trafficking. Assad’s
involvement in the “same line of business’’ is no less destructive and involves
much more dollars and cents.
The department of State committed a mistake in
the past, when it hosted in Washington General Razi Cna’an. General
Cna’an was the uncrowned king of Beirut, and is heavily involved, personally
and on behalf of Assad and his brother Rifat, in the multi billion
dollars drug trafficking from Lebanon to Europe and the USA.
The US initiated Desert Storm when Iraq
invaded Kuwait. Yet the Western world failed to see the similarities between
Iraq vs. Kuwait and Syria vs. Lebanon. In his book Stalin and Hitler
Parallel lives, Alan Bullock describes the ‘peaceful conquest’ of Eastern
Europe, this, with the acquiescence of the West. Stalin succeeded
diplomatically, where Hitler failed militarily. Saddam Hussain used military
force and – like the Fuhrer before him – failed to satisfy his desire
[alas, unlike Hitler, he survived]. Assad utilized diplomacy with military
force, and like Stalin, he gained the upper hand. That is why in Beirut Airport
the pictures of two presidents welcome you. President Eliass Harawi and Haffes-el-Assad.
As the Syrian foreign Minister stated “Syria and Lebanon are one state”.
Lord Bullock points to a conclusion arrived at
by Hitler “from his Viennese days…One was, the ease with which the masses could
be manipulated by skillful propaganda”. Assad new better. Notwithstanding his
support to world terrorism [Syria is still listed as a Terrorist supporting
country by the USA], notwithstanding his ‘’business activities”,
notwithstanding his record in Human rights [he annihilated most of the city of
Hamma men women and children], world leaders pay their respect to him. He
developed Hitler’s understanding [He had a good teacher, Hitler’s deputy,
Martin Borman who found shelter in Damascus]. He manipulated world leaders.
It is wrong to assume that Saddam is to be
ousted by force and Assad welcomed as a world leader. It is incorrect to trial
Noriega but to play host to Assad.
President Clinton should set standard of
morality. Morality and fairness call for Clinton to avoid Assad. Syria should
have new leadership before it is welcomed back to the family of nations. Just
as much as Iraq is awaiting the same result.
Zalli Jaffe.
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