U.S. Confirms that U.S./Zionist War Crimes in Lebanon Are Part of U.S. Strategy
The remarks of
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller at
a press briefing October 8 confirm that the U.S. is
behind the
Israeli
push to commit whatever "collateral damage" it sees fit
to
eliminate
Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as Hamas in Gaza.
"We do support Israel launching these incursions to degrade Hezbollah's infrastructure so ultimately we can get a diplomatic resolution," Miller said. He added, "What we want to see come out of this situation, ultimately, is Lebanon able to break the grip that Hezbollah has had on the country -- more than a grip, break the stranglehold that Hezbollah has had on the country and remove Hezbollah veto over a president."
According to the Reuters correspondent, "Washington believes military pressure (i.e. Israeli aerial and ground assaults on Lebanon) could force Hezbollah to put down arms and pave the way for the election of a new government in Lebanon that would oust the powerful militia movement, which has been a significant player in Lebanon for decades. U.S. officials say the conversations with parties to achieve these goals can take place as the fighting continues, even though analysts warn the conflict greatly increases the risk of a broader war, particularly as the region awaits Israel's response to Iran's missile strike."
The reports in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on what Secretary of State Antony Blinken is up to corroborate this analysis that the aim of the U.S./Zionist offensive is to wipe out political and civilian infrastructure which is not under their control.
During the past week, the WSJ reports, "Blinken called the leaders of Qatar, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to ask them to support the election of a new Lebanese president. Senior White House official Amos Hochstein has also told Arab officials that the weakening of Hezbollah by Israeli attacks should be viewed as an opportunity to potentially break a political impasse. The country's political parties have been unable to agree on a new president since the previous leader, Michel Aoun, left office at the end of his term in 2022."
The WSJ writes, "The U.S. initiative hinges on Lebanese leaders including Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, the leader of another Shiite faction and a conduit to Hezbollah in cease-fire negotiations, who will be needed to bring Lebanon's political factions together to elect a new president." It notes that "Mikati and Berri last week said they supported the election of a new president, but also expressed appreciation for Hezbollah in its battle against Israeli forces. Hezbollah's de facto leader, Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem, this week rejected calls for a political rearrangement while the war with Israel is continuing."
This is not in fact what Qassem said. He said: "We support the political initiative undertaken by Parliament Speaker Berri under the title of reaching a ceasefire and after reaching a ceasefire where diplomacy will play a good part in this, all the other details will be discussed and through discussions we will reach the best resolutions and decisions."
In other words, the U.S. is doing everything in its power to avert another foreign failure in the Middle East. It is once again maneuvering with the Arab officials to maintain its hegemony over them, in a manner that they can preserve their relations with the U.S. while sidestepping the demand of the peoples of the region for an end to the occupation of Palestine and for the peoples to exercise control over their own decision-making power and defend their sovereignty.
By keeping the
peoples of the region out of the equation, the U.S.
hopes to end its isolation, in the region and
international
institutions like the UN. By raising the issue of a
ceasefire
and
claiming support for a humanitarian solution to the
disastrous
human
plight the U.S./Zionist campaign
of terror has created, they hope to get Arab support and
lessen
resistance of the peoples of the region.
But such claims cannot hide the U.S. aim to wipe out political and civilian infrastructure and much more, including governing institutions, hospitals, schools, places of worship, etc. in Gaza and Lebanon that do not accept U.S. dictate. Such efforts are not new; it is a matter of seeing how it is playing out at this time, on the eve of the U.S. presidential election which will take place on November 5.
A significant section of the U.S. ruling class wants a truce at this time so that U.S. hegemony can be strengthened. This section needs the Biden administration to score a "win" so that the Kamala Harris campaign, now favored, can prevail over the campaign of Donald Trump. They need to affirm that their "rules based international order" actually functions and consider Harris is the one to maintain it and overcome U.S. isolation. It is crucial for the U.S. to have at least the appearance of maintaining its hegemony over the entire Middle East region at a time it is threatened by the actions of the Resistance Movement to free Palestine.
In this regard, the U.S. with its allies such as Canada in lockstep, is playing the terrorism card to the hilt. It is playing on all the liberal prejudices at the base of the arrangements of the European nation state which the European powers imposed onto countries in the region in the 20th century. These arrangements have been propped up and molded by the U.S. since World War II. The U.S. considers it impermissible for any nation to sort out its political arrangements and system to favour the people and in a manner which does not submit to U.S. dictate. They demand that instead they adopt racist, anti-worker, anti-people and anti-communist structures designed to keep the working class and people out of power. Such regimes do not tolerate dissent. Their institutions operate through police powers controlled by whatever private interests wield the executive powers and their judicial systems.
The terrorism card is the one which claims that any resistance to U.S. hegemony is terrorism, while the terrorist actions of the U.S., Israel and those that permit them are justified in the name of protecting stability, human rights and democracy.
In this regard, in recent times, the U.S. crimes against humanity were enshrined in U.S. law since the fall of the former Soviet Union and the U.S. striving to become the world's hegemon became paramount. U.S. President George W. Bush launched the U.S. "War on Terror " in 2001. Under its auspices every crime possible against humanity has been committed and the countries of the G-7 including Canada sooner or later fell in line. The U.S. and its allies subsequently imposed these laws internationally citing UN Security Council resolutions which opposed financing terrorist organizations and other such pretexts. On this basis, the U.S. declared various countries to be rogue states, members of an axis of evil and promoters of state terrorism. It imposed brutal sanctions and their enforcement and this is called a rules-based international order.
The aim of destroying political and civilian infrastructure not to the liking of the U.S. was similarly behind the Oslo Accords (1993) and Camp David Agreements (2000) which gave a green light to the Zionist occupation of Gaza and the West Bank and sought to make the occupation and dispossession of the Palestinian people permanent.
This is the status quo that the Al-Aqsa Flood operation has blocked while opening a path forward for Palestine and the region. A life and death fight is now taking place to end the occupation of Palestine once and for all. At its heart is the need to condemn loud and clear attempts to get away with murder by claiming the Resistance to occupation is terrorist while the U.S. is the "indispensable nation" without whose "leadership" no solutions are possible.
This article was published in
Volume 54 Number 43 - October 14, 2024
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