Defying the Laws of Gravity on Lebanon, Being Politically Neutral……..
“Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah arrived in Beirut on Friday in an unprecedented joint mission to defuse political tensions in Lebanon. It is the first visit to the country by Assad since the 2005 assassination of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri soured Damascus-Beirut ties and forced the pullout of Syrian troops from Lebanon after a 29-year deployment. Hariri's killing drove a wedge between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah. Now reconciled, their visit symbolises their determination to avert a crisis brewing between Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, and factions aligned with Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, an ally of Riyadh……”
“Syria appears confident its officials will not be indicted, but recent leaks suggest indictments are likely for members of Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese Shia movement backed by Syria and Iran. Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has repeatedly dismissed the tribunal as a politicised creature of Israel and the US, and warned that his organisation would fight any charges – fuelling fears of renewed sectarian unrest or even civil war between Sunni and Shia Muslims. At the very least, indictments of Hezbollah members would put a huge strain on Lebanon's coalition government or bring it down. The tribunal itself, based in the Netherlands, insists it is politically neutral……” The Guardian
“The tribunal itself, based in the Netherlands, insists it is politically neutral.” Nothing in or about Lebanon, whether initiated by Lebanese or foreigners, is politically neutral, especially not in recent years. It just defies the laws of gravity to say so. Neutrality is in the eye of the beholder. Arabs considered the UN Goldstone report on the Gaza War, prepared a Jewish Zionist judge, as a neutral and truthful report. Israel considered that same report, prepared by a Jewish Zionist judge, as biased against it. Go figure.
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