"The commission is composed of four persons, one chosen by Turkey, one chosen by Israel and two chosen from a list provided by Israel. The latter two are former Prime Minister of New Zealand Geoffrey Palmer, who will be the chair, and Uribe, who will serve as vice-chair. While Palmer, an expert in international law, is an uncontroversial choice, the appointment of Uribe is as perplexing as it is shocking. It appears that "balance" in this commission involves balance between someone versed in international and human rights law and someone who is adamantly opposed to it. This notion of balance fatally weakens this commission even before it has started, and tarnishes the process of international law."
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<span>Wow! Uribes presence guarantees its failure? What a surprising conclusion from Comrades Jose and David! </span>
ReplyDeleteFormer Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was released after six years in captivity on Wednesday, compared her "impeccable" rescue operation to Israeli commando operations. Perhaps she did not know it, but Israel indeed contributed to the elaborately-planned, daring rescue mission.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be as effective as all pervasive rhetoric is on this situation, having the impact of nil. It is about as predictable as the Goldstone plea for Israel to examine itself. To split the participants into an acceptable<span><span> Palmer and an unacceptable Uribe is somewhat laughable, it is like the difference between the syringe used and the poison filling the syringe (check out New Zealands record in regard to its indigenous population under Palmer). It will be as "potent" as Jimmy Carter's spoon full of sugar with strong medicine for Israel, as his organization supports Palestinian "autonomy" which pleads for accepting the occupation as normalcy. If one did not know any better, and the situation were not so serious, this could be mistaken for a black comedy.
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By the way, off on another tangent...
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