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A former French foreign minister says Britain had been planning a war against Syria some two years before to the unrest broke out in the Arab country.
The statement by Roland Dumas came during a recent interview with French Parliamentary TV network, LCP.
“I’m going to tell you something. I was in England two years before the violence in Syria on other business. I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that they were preparing something in Syria,” said Dumas.
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
PressTV, the mouth-piece of Iranian propaganda, and apparently also a really good source of news according to some members of ATS
French ex-foreign minister's opinions are the point of interest here.
Also on May 27, EU foreign ministers agreed, after lengthy talks among divided ministers in Brussels, to lift the arms embargo on the militants in Syria. France and Britain were the proponents of the move.
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by Wonderer2012
yup and a quick Google search will tell you that Roland Dumas was the foreign minister 20 years ago and has since been convicted for corruption (fraud)
why would you chose to believe that this man would be a good source?
why the hell would the UK government tell him about these plans?edit on 18-6-2013 by OtherSideOfTheCoin because: (no reason given)
Roland Dumas:
You ask me about the conduct of the French leaders, but the only thing I know is that they have gone crazy. President Sarkozy hosted Qadhafi a few months ago at the Élysée Palace, with a red carpet and all the grandiose honors. Two months later, Sarkozy is leading a crusader war, at the head of NATO, which has become a pawn serving international politics. This has been going on for a long time.
I regret to see my country, to which I belong with spirit, blood, and life, leading an instrument such as NATO to come and destroy an entire people and attack its leaders. This is precisely how crimes against humanity were defined, following the war of 1939-1945. However, we are not at war. It is a crime against humanity to attack a sovereign country, a UN member, without specifying what we are accusing it of.
Originally posted by Wonderer2012
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
PressTV, the mouth-piece of Iranian propaganda, and apparently also a really good source of news according to some members of ATS
French ex-foreign minister's opinions are the point of interest here.
Thanks.
Fox or CNN is hardly likely to share this news.
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
Originally posted by paraphi
i]reply to post by OtherSideOfTheCoin
People believe what they want to believe, regardless of the evidence. The fact that it is PressTV propaganda and a discredited French politician MUST make the story true!
Regards
yup seems that way
This is what this thread really is
"hey guys found this on Iranian-anti-western-propaganda.com with a disgraced French politician who has been out of the game for 20 years telling us all that he just so happened to have been told by high level British officals that they were going to war with Syria two years before the civil war even started, you know, because they just tell people stuff like that".
utter rubbish, unless you have had a lobotomy recently i can see no justifiable reason for believe PressTV on this.
Originally posted by shaneslaughta
reply to post by Wonderer2012
One,its a CIVIL WAR!
Two, the UN has not accused them nor acted against the Syrian govt.
Three, the UK, part of the UN has lifted weapons embargo against Syria.
They are playing ball perfectly LEGIT.
The USA has accused Syria of the use of chemical weapons. If the USA acts it does so knowing that they may face the wrath of Russia and China.edit on 18-6-2013 by shaneslaughta because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wonderer2012
Where are the rebels from?
What gives the US and UK the right to give weapons to rebels to remove a sovereign nation's leader?
Originally posted by shaneslaughta
Dumas's opinion is about as worthless as a peanut butter thumb tack sandwich, and goes down like one too.
Roland Dumas:
I regret to see my country, to which I belong with spirit, blood, and life, leading an instrument such as NATO to come and destroy an entire people and attack its leaders. This is precisely how crimes against humanity were defined, following the war of 1939-1945. However, we are not at war. It is a crime against humanity to attack a sovereign country, a UN member, without specifying what we are accusing it of.