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Words absolutely "fail me" after reading this latest US incursion/assassination by Trump and his RW cohorts!! However, one must comment and condemn accordingly!! The cynic in me says that,"This is the sort stuff that wins votes eh" (PLUS please note the recent discovery of a huge oil field, potentially billions of barrels, in N Iran!!!!!) and IMO that is what this is really all about. I watched previous bbc interviews of Gen Suleiman who led part of the Kurd/Iranian alliance army that took on ISIS in N Syria and N Iraq. He came over as a decent human being and who knows whether this is the usual US bullshit or not but this ill thought out act of aggression just adds more "fuel" to the cultures of impunity that prevails throughout global politics. You may ask what do you mean re the cultures of impunity? Well look no further than the Kashoggi verdict in a Saudi law court - a verdict that is the antithesis of justice and the epitome of a culture of impunity. The killing in Malta of a journalist, Caruana Galizia, and subsequent cover up is another example of a state killing with impunity!!! Moving directly on to Trump, his enthusiastic promotion of impunity reached its peak last month after he granted pardons to two army officers, one convicted of war crimes, the other accused of them and reversed the demotion of a navy SEAL who was convicted of posing with the corpse of an enemy combatant. What does it tell us about such impunity when Trump went on to host a disgraced former navy SEAL, Eddie Gallagher, at his luxury Florida residence in Mar-a-Lago? This guest was a man who, based on the testimony of members of his own unit, was charged with stabbing an unarmed teenage prisoner, posing for a photo with his corpse and shooting random Iraqi civilians incl an old man and young girl - a psychopathic killer who should rightly be imprisoned for his crimes!!!! Closer to home, a good example of impunity was Johnson's attempt to suspend parliament for 5 weeks -this idea that people can do whatever they want without having to face the consequences for their actions is on the rise globally at the highest levels of office. And always the core issue remains the same: DOES THE LAW APPLY TO EVERYONE??????????? When individuals violate criminal laws, we expect them to be held responsible irrespective of the circumstances or their influence and standing - THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!
As we now enter a new year, doubtless it will bring with it yet more abuses perpetrated by those operating within these cultures of impunity. But the time is long overdue in redoubling our efforts to challenge this pernicious practise of protecting the powerful!! If not, we all stand to lose - a sobering thought indeed!!
Words absolutely "fail me" after reading this latest US incursion/assassination by Trump and his RW cohorts!! However, one must comment and condemn accordingly!! The cynic in me says that,"This is the sort stuff that wins votes eh" (PLUS please note the recent discovery of a huge oil field, potentially billions of barrels, in N Iran!!!!!) and IMO that is what this is really all about. I watched previous bbc interviews of Gen Suleiman who led part of the Kurd/Iranian alliance army that took on ISIS in N Syria and N Iraq. He came over as a decent human being and who knows whether this is the usual US bullshit or not but this ill thought out act of aggression just adds more "fuel" to the cultures of impunity that prevails throughout global politics. You may ask what do you mean re the cultures of impunity? Well look no further than the Kashoggi verdict in a Saudi law court - a verdict that is the antithesis of justice and the epitome of a culture of impunity. The killing in Malta of a journalist, Caruana Galizia, and subsequent cover up is another example of a state killing with impunity!!! Moving directly on to Trump, his enthusiastic promotion of impunity reached its peak last month after he granted pardons to two army officers, one convicted of war crimes, the other accused of them and reversed the demotion of a navy SEAL who was convicted of posing with the corpse of an enemy combatant. What does it tell us about such impunity when Trump went on to host a disgraced former navy SEAL, Eddie Gallagher, at his luxury Florida residence in Mar-a-Lago? This guest was a man who, based on the testimony of members of his own unit, was charged with stabbing an unarmed teenage prisoner, posing for a photo with his corpse and shooting random Iraqi civilians incl an old man and young girl - a psychopathic killer who should rightly be imprisoned for his crimes!!!! Closer to home, a good example of impunity was Johnson's attempt to suspend parliament for 5 weeks -this idea that people can do whatever they want without having to face the consequences for their actions is on the rise globally at the highest levels of office. And always the core issue remains the same: DOES THE LAW APPLY TO EVERYONE??????????? When individuals violate criminal laws, we expect them to be held responsible irrespective of the circumstances or their influence and standing - THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!
As we now enter a new year, doubtless it will bring with it yet more abuses perpetrated by those operating within these cultures of impunity. But the time is long overdue in redoubling our efforts to challenge this pernicious practise of protecting the powerful!! If not, we all stand to lose - a sobering thought indeed!!