Nobody with any critical acumen would expect the Secretary
General of the United Nations to take any action that is against the interests
of the major powers, in particular those of the US. Still less would anyone
expect this of the career diplomat nondescript, Ban Ki-Moon. However, it is
unusual for evidence of craven grovelling before imperial definitions of what
is a crime, and what is not, to become public.
Here is evidence of how an earlier attack by Israel on Gaza,
in 2008-09, was fixed by Mr Ban to eliminate the possibility of the UN taking
any action against Israel, after the ineffable diplomat did a deal with the
Israelis. Thank you, Wikileaks.
Meanwhile, there is rising turmoil in the imperial system.
Obama does not want to finger the Saudis for fuelling the crisis in Iraq, and
he has another problem if anyone points out that he is willing to defend some
non-Muslim Yazidis with airstrikes but he will do nothing (not even delaying
some payments to Israel, as done by the US in previous decades) to stop
Israel's slaughter in Gaza.
It is a function of readily available, obviously outrageous
news, more than any rise in political consciousness in the population, that has
led to a UK Conservative minister resigning over Gaza and others being dismayed
(at least in private). After all, how can one pretend to be a decent human
being if televised slaughter is OK? Similarly, the BBC has now finally allowed
a Gaza aid appeal (after the previous one was denied). But any potential benefit
from aid is immediately countered by the Israelis continuing to bomb Gaza and
maintaining their siege.
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