MER
- Washington - 11/1/97:
The
Americans are surely one of the most hypocritical countries. U.N.
resolutions are being so sanctimoniously "enforced"
for Iraq and Libya; but they have been repeatedly ignored and disregarded
for Israel, most recently just last year regarding the terrible massacre
at Qana.
The
Americans insist that the Arab boycott of Israel be ended; but they freely
boycott Cuba and Iran and even threaten
others who will not do as they command.
The
Americans insist that nuclear proliferation be prevented; but they make
it possible for Israel to have
such
weapons instigating today's regional arms race.
One
could go on and on when it comes to American double- standards and self-serving
hypocrisy. No lack of situations or
evidence about these matters.
As
for the Pan Am bombing controversy, the Libyans have long offered to let
the Libyans be tried in a third country. Fair
enough. And for the U.N. Security Council to hold out for the American
position on this, as on so many other crucial
matters, shows what a patsy the U.N. has allowed itself to become in recent
years.
And
while we're at it, maybe the Americans who ordered the bombing of Tripoli
and the attempted assassination of Ghadafi
a decade ago should finally be told they have to agree to be tried in the
same third country at the same time.