LewRockwell.com is running an article by John Laughland, from the UK Spectator, regarding the disastrous attempt to prosecute Slobodan Milosevic in the Hague. Milosevic is defending himself, and doing a splendid job. Now that Milosevic’s defence is about to begin, the judges are trying to force Milosevic to accept a lawyer, which Laughland interprets as an attempt to weaken his position:
“the intention here is to weaken his defence by requiring him to be represented by a lawyer who knows the issues far less well than he does.”
The article’s key phrase:
“The realisation is now dawning that lies were peddled to justify the Kosovo war just as earnestly as they were to justify the attack on Iraq.”
No kidding. Antiwar.com has been saying that for how many years now?