The Men Who Cried Wolf

I am now reading in the media about the conduct of the Prime Minister of Lebanon, who admittedly is in a tough position. On one hand, Fuad Siniora is allied with the west in opposing Syria domination of Lebanon. On the other, he has 2 ministers from Hezbollah sitting in his government. But, at the end of the day, the only thing you leave earth with when all is said and done is your reputation and integrity.

AP reported this morning that at a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Beirut, Siniora was in tears as he described an alleged "massacre" by Israeli forces in Houla, a town in southern Lebanon. He further called these actions state terrorism. Once the cameras disappear, it turns out that only 1 person was killed in an area that Israel has repeatedly warned civilians to leave.

Yesterday, I read on the Washington Post how Adnan Hajj, a photographer for Reuters, doctored at least two photographs, making the Arab losses seem much worse than it is.  This same photographer managed to find himself at the alleged Qana "massacre", whose death toll it now turns out may not be anywhere near what was originally reported and may well be a set-up.  Reuters, to their credit, disassociated themselves with the photographer and removed all of his 
photos from their catalog.   However, the Washington Post still has his photos posted on their website
(do a search).

The Palestinians have long been masters at propaganda deceptions. Pierre Rehov has a number of films that address the issue.

Now I read that the Arab governments are warning the US about the violence in Lebanon and how that violence could spread to other countries. Well, we've heard this one before too. Many times. US in Iraq. Israel in Lebanon in the 1990s. Israel in the West Bank. Israel in Gaza. Yet, not one single Arab government has been overthrown in the last 20 years at least. The monarchies and dictatorships in the Arab world always seem to be able to quell dissent.

There's an expression that says trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the height of madness. The lies and propaganda have changed nothing for the Arabs. They have more wealth than almost any region in the world thanks to the large oil reserves and high oil prices and most live in poverty. Who are the morons?