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Time and again we are being told by our political leaders that Iran and Syria are arming Hezbollah’s evil campaign (skipping over the detail that Israeli war crimes were being perpetrated by arms from America). We were quickly informed last week that abandoned militant positions held equipment that implicated Syria and probably Iran in arming Hezbollah.

Well now it turns out that British night vision equipment has turned up in such places. At yesterday’s Downing Street news conference, the following question was asked:

Asked about any concerns over British equipment found in Hezbollah strong holds the PMS said that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) were establishing the facts of exactly what had been found and as the situation was unclear the MoD would respond in due course and not before. When asked about weaponry found in Hezbollah hands from Syrian and Iranian origins and that the Government had suggested that it was the fault of those countries; therefore if the weapons found are British is it the fault of the British Government, PMS said that people should wait for the facts to be established

So we should wait for the facts to be established (or conveniently forgotten) before blaming Britain, but it is quite alright to blame Iran and Syria immediately.