Glen Greenwald jenkeissä kirjoittaa todella hyvin brittimerimiesten vangitsemisesta. Greenwald on demokraatti ja hänelläkin on tässä oma agenda pelissä, mutta teksti kannattaa lukea.

As usual, our national media runs to the government — in this case the British government — hears its version, and then prints it as fact. Of course, it might be the case that the Iranians are at fault here and the seized ship was in Iraqi waters, but it seems at least plausible, if not more likely at this point, that the provocative party was Britain. Obviously, every country has a right — an obligation — to defend its territory from invasion, which is what an unauthorized incursion into a country’s maritime territory is.

There is almost certainly all sorts of unseen strategizing and motivations on all sides driving this incident, and there are almost certainly no angels here. But it really is notable that when Britain and Iran issue conflicting accounts of what occurred on a matter this significant, one’s instinct is to remain agnostic about who is telling the truth absent objective evidence. Given the joint record of the U.S. and Britain over the last four years, what other assumption is rational?

That is a rather compelling, and depressing, indicator of just how far American and British credibility has fallen, and there is no pleasure in having to view every claim from one’s own government with such complete skepticism. Quite the opposite. But what other rational approach is there in light of their complete lack of credibility, accounted for by their continuous willingness to lie about all matters, large and small?

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