[Basically, and again, this is confirmation that the 'tribunal' is a tool, was created as such, and can be manipulated for the specific needs of the supporting powers.
S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 PARIS 000257
SUBJECT: FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE
EAST
¶1. (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice
Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22
that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for
establishing an international tribunal on LEBANON until next
autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM
Siniora to break the political deadlock in BEIRUT. MGM said
that President Chirac did not espouse a delay, but suggested
(more than once) that the Lebanese themselves might request
one.....
¶2. (S) The Ambassador hosted French NSA-equivalent Maurice
Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) for breakfast on January 22.....
¶3. (S) MGM said he saw little chance of resolving LEBANON's
domestic political crisis prior to the Lebanese presidential
election in November 2007. Consequently, some had raised the
idea of "putting the tribunal in the freezer" until that
time, in hopes that a delay in setting up the tribunal would
aid PM Siniora to break the political deadlock. "Of course,
we (neither he nor Chirac) are not advocating this idea," MGM
stressed at several points....... The only other option, MGM continued, would be to change the
scope of the tribunal itself -- something France found
unacceptable. When pressed on why the French were
contemplating a change in their approach to the tribunal at
this point -- especially when it was unclear that LEBANON's
opposition had the upper hand -- MGM made another (and
somewhat jumbled) reference to the need to obtain the
opposition's support for economic reform........"
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