Speaker Nabih Berri condemned the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act recently passed by the US House of Representatives, describing it as an âact of aggression against international law and the United Nations.â
| Y'see, wanting Syria to end its occupation of another sovreign country is an act of aggression. That makes sense, right? (That might account for why nobody takes statements from somebody named Knobby seriously...) |
âWe are together in condemning the decision by the US House of Representatives and in stressing that the US Congress has no right to appoint itself as the worldâs legislative power, because by so doing it would be acting as a global authority that is not elected by other countries,â Berri told Arab parliamentarians during the 44th Arab Parliamentary Union session held in Damascus on Sunday. Entitled the Whole Arab World is Syria, the session was held under the auspices of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
| That has nothing to do with the "Council's" syncophancy, of course... |
Berri recalled the example of the late French King Louis XIV, who ruined his own country by saying âFrance is me.â
| Actually, I think he said "I am the state, and you're not." |
âNow the US Congress is doing the same and claiming to represent the entire world,â Berri said, adding that US institutions, especially the Congress and the Pentagon, were doing their best to create enemies for their country. âWe do not choose to be enemies of the United States,â he said.
| "No, no! It's forced upon us!" |
Berri argued that he supported the proposal made by the representative of the Saudi delegation to the gathering, to send a goodwill message to the Americans and the US Congress.
| By calling a Congressional resolution an act of aggression? |
Berri blamed Washingtonâs pro-Israeli bias on the Arab inability to take advantage of the power of their assets in the United States.
He also said Arabs failed to unveil to the American public the wrongdoing of their administration.
| More money on the way to the Dems... |
Berri said the bill fell within the framework of American escalation against the Arab region, adding that the latest episode of US aggression in the region came from the US ambassador to Egypt, David Welch, who prompted protest in that country after criticizing its press and freedom of expression.
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