MH 370: Red Herrings? By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar

MH 370: Red Herrings?

By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar

24 March, 2014
Countercurrents.org

While Malaysians and people in other countries continue to pray for the well-being of the passengers and crew of MH370, many of us also hope that the whole truth about the missing aircraft will be known as soon as possible.

This is imperative in view of the numerous ‘theories’ that are floating around about what has really happened to the plane. Of course, to establish the truth, the aircraft’s black box would be a critical factor. We should all be patient and wait for the box to be discovered.

In the meantime, we should be concerned about the way in which theories about the disappearance of MH370 are appearing in sections of the foreign media and are being disseminated. They raise some disturbing questions. Are these theories the inevitable consequence of a tragic situation about which one knows so little? If we are ignorant about what has occurred, we are even more ignorant about the motives behind this mind-boggling incident.

Is it also possible that some of these theories are being spun as part of a massive disinformation exercise? Is false ‘evidence’ deliberately being churned out by some quarters in order to deceive us, to divert our attention, to stop us from pursuing the real leads? Are we being duped by red herrings all over the ocean?

In other words, are we witnessing some sort of cover-up, a cover-up that has larger geopolitical implications, a cover-up that goes beyond our shores?

For the sake of the crew and the passengers of MH370, for the sake of their families, for the sake of decent human beings everywhere, let us hope and pray that all of us will have the courage and the integrity to embrace the truth, when the time comes.

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar,
President,
International Movement for a Just World (JUST).

Malaysia.
23 March 2014