Samantha Power, who hasn’t distinguished herself as a diplomat, may want to consider a career in acting. From Muhammad Sahimi at antiwar.com:
Aleppo, Syria was finally liberated. After bombing the eastern part of the historic city for several months, the Syrian army finally took complete control of Aleppo. A large number of civilians, including women, elderly, and children have been reportedly killed, and reports indicate that many captured men might have either been executed, drafted into the Syrian army, or have simply disappeared. The culprits for the crimes against the civilians must of course be put on trial by the International Criminal Court and punished.
But, who is qualified to call for such punishment? Not the United States, France, and Britain, as well as their allies in the Middle East – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Turkey. And, certainly not Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and an enthusiastic proponent of so-called “humanitarian intervention” that brought misery, destruction, and bloodshed to Libya, Iraq, and elsewhere.
In an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on December 12, Power blasted Russia, Iran, and the government of President Bashar Al-Assad, telling them,
To the Assad regime, Russia, and Iran – three Member States behind the conquest of and carnage in Aleppo – you bear responsibility for these atrocities. By rejecting UN-ICRC evacuation efforts, you are signaling to those militia who are massacring innocents to keep doing what they are doing. Denying or obfuscating the facts, as you will do today – saying up is down, black is white – will not absolve you. When one day there is a full accounting of the horrors committed in this assault of Aleppo – and that day will come, sooner or later – you will not be able to say you did not know what was happening. You will not be able to say you were not involved. We all know what is happening. And we all know you are involved.
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