My Take | Washington is the supporter of genocide who sits in judgment of others
- China’s contrasting political repression and economic development in Tibet and Xinjiang does not hold a candle to US-sponsored state terrorism by Israel against the Palestinian people
Sometimes I wonder whether politicians in Washington are not humanoids preprogrammed by some master alien race to wreak havoc on earth.
It’s simply hard to imagine lawmakers who are real human beings to be so devoid of elementary decency, a sense of shame or at least embarrassment. Not to mention there is the metaphorical blood on their hands and very literally the horrifying amount of blood spilled by devastating US-made weapons deliberately supplied to a genocidal ally.
The appalling irony of the day is that the US House of Representatives has passed legislation to protect Tibetans and Uygurs in China from human rights abuses. Seriously. These are the same US politicians who have been arming Israel to carry out the vilest and cruellest attacks on Muslims in Palestine.
One of the bills mandates a human rights tsar “for Uygur issues” in the US State Department. Most people around the world would think it’s far more urgent to address “Palestinian issues”, such as the daily massacres against them.
The three bills were sponsored by California Republican Young Kim, and Democrats Jim McGovern and Gregory Meeks.
These are the ones who have shouted loudly – like most of their congressional colleagues – about “Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists”, the actual mouthful name of a resolution passed overwhelmingly by Congress, the same legislature that voted to send weapons to Israel even before it had asked for them.