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Caitlin Johnstone
Published: 2022-04-12
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVT8jxC8RVo
u.s suddenly pretends to care about rights abuses in india the united states is suddenly very concerned about human rights violations in india with secretary of state anthony blinken telling the press on monday that we are monitoring some recent concerning developments in india including a rise in human rights abuses by some government police and prison officials while it is true that india's right-wing government is guilty of
human rights abuses and has been for years it is also true that the u.s state department does not actually care about human rights abuses a leaked memo from the early days of the trump administration showed neoconservative empire manager brian hook teaching a previously uninitiated secretary of state rex tillerson that for the us government human rights are only a weapon to be used for keeping other nations
in line in a remarkable insight into the cynical nature of imperial narrative management hook told tillerson that it is u.s policy to overlook human rights abuses committed by nations aligned with u.s interests while exploiting and weaponizing them against nations who aren't in the case of u.s allies such as egypt saudi arabia and the philippines the administration is fully justified in emphasizing good relations for a variety
of important reasons including counter-terrorism and in honestly facing up to the difficult trade-offs regarding human rights hook explained in the memo one useful guideline for a realistic and successful foreign policy is that allies should be treated differently and better than adversaries hook wrote we do not look to bolster america's adversaries overseas we look to pressure compete with and out maneuver them for this reason we should
consider human rights as an important issue in regard to u.s relations with china russia north korea and iran this is not only because of moral concern for practices inside those countries it is also because pressing those regimes on human rights is one way to impose costs apply counter pressure and regain the initiative from them strategically so the u.s state department does not care about human rights
abuses blinking's remarks are just the latest in a series of shots across the bow that the u.s empire has been firing at new delhi to warn it against moving into alignment with moscow and an article last week titled india to face significant cost if aligned with russia u.s says bloomberg reported the following quote president joe biden's top economic adviser said the administration has warned india against
aligning itself with russia and that u.s officials have been disappointed with some of new delhi's reactions to the ukraine invasion there are certainly areas where we have been disappointed by both china and india's decisions in the context of the invasion the director of the white house national economic council brian diese told reporters at a breakfast wednesday hosted by the christian science monitor the u.s has told
india that the consequences of a more explicit strategic alignment with moscow would be significant and long-term he said and quote this new tone is a significant shift from the jovial relations between india's prime minister narendra modi and the trump administration or even between modi and the biden administration as recently as last year just yesterday biden made it clear in a call with modi that it would
be against india's interests to increase its oil imports from russia reuters reports that biden quote told modi india's position in the world would not be enhanced by relying on russian energy sources according to u.s officials the president conveyed very clearly that it is not in their interest to increase that white house spokesperson jensaki said when asked about india's imports of russian oil we can expect to
see more and more feigned concern about indian human rights abuses from the u.s government if these increasingly unsubtle messages are disobeyed with destructive acts of economic sabotage soon to follow the us empire is correct to be concerned about a potential future indian pivot out of washington's sphere of influence while it has succeeded thus far in weaponizing new delhi and its grand chessboard maneuverings against china the
world's two most populous nations uniting with the russian nuclear superpower in the emerging block of nations who are rejecting absorption into the u.s centralized power structure would be disastrous for the empire but the fact that the us sees it as its business who foreign nations choose to align with reveals its true dynamic on the world stage and makes a mockery of the lip service this empire
has been paying to the importance of respecting national sovereignty in its narrative management about ukraine the u.s is the single most tyrannical regime on earth using whatever amount of violence coercion and bullying are necessary in its efforts to bring the entire planet under its lasting control this empire truly believes it has a right to rule the world and that no nation has a right to refuse
