Within days of the Russian invasion, Western countries invoked international law, imposed crippling sanctions, began welcoming refugees with open arms and cheered on Ukraine’s armed resistance.
The response has elicited outrage across the Middle East, where many see a glaring double standard in how the West responds to international conflicts.
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4/1/22
4/25/21
Genocide - Hypocracy: many countries have a dark page in their history: Historian Examines Native American Genocide, its Legacy, and Survivors
Genocide documents the murderous intentions that lurked beneath the idealized self-imaging of a young American nation.
“In order to have a ‘land of opportunity’ required space to expand,” Ostler notes. “Early American senses of ‘freedom’ fundamentally depended upon the taking of Native lands—which almost inevitably would lead to the taking of Native lives.”
From the beginning, he believes, US leaders understood and embraced this grim calculus. However, they obscured their true aims with a series of self-serving narratives built around the ideal of “civilization.” At first, this was held forth as a precious and necessary gift the colonizers were offering to Indigenous populations. Later, “defending civilization” would be invoked as justification to kill them.
Read more at: Historian Examines Native American Genocide, its Legacy, and Survivors | Around the O
“In order to have a ‘land of opportunity’ required space to expand,” Ostler notes. “Early American senses of ‘freedom’ fundamentally depended upon the taking of Native lands—which almost inevitably would lead to the taking of Native lives.”
From the beginning, he believes, US leaders understood and embraced this grim calculus. However, they obscured their true aims with a series of self-serving narratives built around the ideal of “civilization.” At first, this was held forth as a precious and necessary gift the colonizers were offering to Indigenous populations. Later, “defending civilization” would be invoked as justification to kill them.
Read more at: Historian Examines Native American Genocide, its Legacy, and Survivors | Around the O
9/15/16
US-Israeli military arms deal provides 15-20 percent of Israels Military budget
Israel is procuring all kinds of arms from the United States, but most important for Israel has been the advanced combat aircraft, the F-15 and the F-16. And also very important now, the new F-35, the most advanced combat aircraft the US is willing to export to anyone. That is really significant for Israel because those weapons are often equipped with subsystems coming from the Israeli arms industry itself, such as the bombs and missiles. Those platforms are used to reach deep into the territory of an enemy. That is part of the core of Israeli military potential.
The Obama administration’s announcement that the US and Israel have agreed on a record new package of at least $38 billion in US military aid over a 10 year period is an effort to appease the US arms industry, according to an American writer and researcher who is based in Washington, DC.
Walt Peretto made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Wednesday, a day after the Reuters news agency reported that the 10-year pact between Washington and Tel Aviv is expected to be signed within days.
The deal will represent the biggest pledge of US military assistance ever made to any foreign party, American and Israeli officials told Reuters.
EU-Digest
8/27/16
Middle East: Saudi Arabia: Creating Frankenstein: The Saudi Export of Ultra-Conservatism - by James M Dorsey
The Saudi export and global support for religiously driven groups
goes far beyond Wahhabism. It is not simply a product of the Faustian
bargain that the Al Sauds made with the Wahhabis.For the Saudi government, support of puritan, intolerant, non-pluralistic and discriminatory forms of ultra-conservatism – primarily Wahhabism, Salafism in its various stripes, as well as Deobandism in South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora – is about soft power.
To create soft power, Saudi Arabia has wage the single largest dedicated public diplomacy campaign in post-World War Two history. It is actually bigger than anything that the Soviet Union or the United States attempted.
The campaign is designed to a large extent to counter Iran in what is an existential battle for the Al Sauds, rather than a case of mere religious proselytization.
Note EU-Digest: Unfortunately many European Nations and the US are selling this totally ruthless and undemocratic fiefdom any kind of weapons and aircraft money can buy. When will this hypocracy end?
Read more: : Creating Frankenstein: The Saudi Export of Ultra-Conservatism - The Globalist
8/18/16
Palestine Media: Europe turns blind eye to hatred- by Jeff Robbins
When Itamar Marcus, the head of Palestinian Media Watch, replays the official Palestinian television programs teaching Palestinian toddlers to "Stab! Stab! Stab!" Israelis to death, European officials cluck sympathetically, and allow as how it is, of course, a shame. Marcus, who 20 years ago founded the media watchdog that monitors Palestinian media, has many hours of this stuff, and his collection of it grows every day.
Palestinian television features children's programming instructing kids that Jews are "Satans," "enemies of God," "the most evil of creations," "barbaric apes" and "wretched pigs," among other things. One children's poem recited on Palestinian television goes this way: "As long as my heart is my Koran ... my [suicide] belt is around my waist and my rifle is on my shoulder."
Marcus shows the Europeans the endless Palestinian sports tournaments and schools named after those who have stabbed or shot Israelis to death. The Palestinian Ministry of Education has named 25 schools after Dalal Mughrabi alone, the woman who led the bloodiest attack on civilians in Israel's history. Twelve children and 25 adults were killed, and 70 more wounded.
This is the proportional equivalent of about 1,600 Americans killed and 3,100 wounded, and the Palestinian government is naming schools after the person responsible.
"This, tragically, is not an aberration but reflects the messaging of the Palestinian leadership to its people," Marcus says. "We do not yet have a peace partner."
When they are done assuring him that they agree that incitement to murder is never a good thing, Marcus asks the European officials if in that case they wouldn't mind actually saying something about it. "Oh, we do," reply the Europeans. "When we meet with Palestinian leaders, we mention it to them."
The stray private reference to Palestinian incitement, even if actually made, is meaningless, and everyone knows it. European politicians lack the desire, let alone the guts, to publicly criticize the Palestinians lest they face retribution by the militantly anti-Israel European street. And if the issue of Palestinian incitement is occasionally mentioned privately, Palestinian leaders could not care less. They know that no one will ever pressure them to change, and that they will remain free to do as they have done for years: incite Palestinians to murder Israelis, praise those who do the killing, blame the Israelis and continue pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars annually from American and European taxpayers. "There is little international cost — either financial or political — for Palestinian hate and terror promotion," says Marcus. "They can bring their children up to hate and support terror and claim victimhood — and world leaders [will] attack Israel."
One senior Israeli official acidly notes the undeviating hypocrisy that has characterized Europe's treatment of Israel for decades. The French and the Belgians virtually declared martial law when Islamic terrorists struck Paris and Brussels, he observes drily. "When we so much as place a cement slab on an East Jerusalem street to try to thwart a terrorist attack, the Europeans condemn it."
Comedian Bill Maher is more direct. "I wonder now that Europe has been attacked four times in a little over a year [whether] Europe will have a little more sympathy for what Israel goes through," Maher said.
The embrace of killing is not merely a case of a fish rotting from the head down. True, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has denounced the "filthy feet" of Jews. "Every martyr will reach heaven and everyone wounded will be rewarded by Allah," he has said. But with polls consistently showing that Palestinians overwhelmingly support the stabbing of Israelis, it is difficult to tell whether the incitement to murder is "top-down" or just Palestinian leadership keeping pace with Palestinian society.
Petrodollar-dependent, intimidated by constituencies that are rabid and unembarrassed by double standards, Europe can be counted upon to say nothing and do nothing. And?so, the Palestinian incitement continues.
Read more: Robbins: Europe turns blind eye to hatred | Boston Herald
Palestinian television features children's programming instructing kids that Jews are "Satans," "enemies of God," "the most evil of creations," "barbaric apes" and "wretched pigs," among other things. One children's poem recited on Palestinian television goes this way: "As long as my heart is my Koran ... my [suicide] belt is around my waist and my rifle is on my shoulder."
Marcus shows the Europeans the endless Palestinian sports tournaments and schools named after those who have stabbed or shot Israelis to death. The Palestinian Ministry of Education has named 25 schools after Dalal Mughrabi alone, the woman who led the bloodiest attack on civilians in Israel's history. Twelve children and 25 adults were killed, and 70 more wounded.
This is the proportional equivalent of about 1,600 Americans killed and 3,100 wounded, and the Palestinian government is naming schools after the person responsible.
"This, tragically, is not an aberration but reflects the messaging of the Palestinian leadership to its people," Marcus says. "We do not yet have a peace partner."
When they are done assuring him that they agree that incitement to murder is never a good thing, Marcus asks the European officials if in that case they wouldn't mind actually saying something about it. "Oh, we do," reply the Europeans. "When we meet with Palestinian leaders, we mention it to them."
The stray private reference to Palestinian incitement, even if actually made, is meaningless, and everyone knows it. European politicians lack the desire, let alone the guts, to publicly criticize the Palestinians lest they face retribution by the militantly anti-Israel European street. And if the issue of Palestinian incitement is occasionally mentioned privately, Palestinian leaders could not care less. They know that no one will ever pressure them to change, and that they will remain free to do as they have done for years: incite Palestinians to murder Israelis, praise those who do the killing, blame the Israelis and continue pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars annually from American and European taxpayers. "There is little international cost — either financial or political — for Palestinian hate and terror promotion," says Marcus. "They can bring their children up to hate and support terror and claim victimhood — and world leaders [will] attack Israel."
One senior Israeli official acidly notes the undeviating hypocrisy that has characterized Europe's treatment of Israel for decades. The French and the Belgians virtually declared martial law when Islamic terrorists struck Paris and Brussels, he observes drily. "When we so much as place a cement slab on an East Jerusalem street to try to thwart a terrorist attack, the Europeans condemn it."
Comedian Bill Maher is more direct. "I wonder now that Europe has been attacked four times in a little over a year [whether] Europe will have a little more sympathy for what Israel goes through," Maher said.
The embrace of killing is not merely a case of a fish rotting from the head down. True, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has denounced the "filthy feet" of Jews. "Every martyr will reach heaven and everyone wounded will be rewarded by Allah," he has said. But with polls consistently showing that Palestinians overwhelmingly support the stabbing of Israelis, it is difficult to tell whether the incitement to murder is "top-down" or just Palestinian leadership keeping pace with Palestinian society.
Petrodollar-dependent, intimidated by constituencies that are rabid and unembarrassed by double standards, Europe can be counted upon to say nothing and do nothing. And?so, the Palestinian incitement continues.
Read more: Robbins: Europe turns blind eye to hatred | Boston Herald
9/5/15
Eastern Europe and Refugees: Fighting the wrong battle: Central Europe’s crisis is one of liberal democracy, not migration - Michal Simecka and Benjamin Tallis
When the European Commission unveiled its plan for binding refugee resettlement quotas in April 2015, few had expected the governments of ex-communist Member States - which have no Middle Eastern or African immigrant communities to speak of - to warmly embrace the scheme.
However, the intensity, hysteria and hypocrisy of the anti-migrant backlash shocked many, including some in the Visegrad countries themselves. Political cowardice and popular mistrust of supposedly liberal elites has allowed poisonous rhetoric directed at migrants to dominate, which risks political isolation and hinders common European action to address the crisis.
Encouragingly, counter-currents of resistance to the xenophobic rhetoric and callous political expediency are starting to emerge in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on the Visegrad governments, meeting in Prague for an emergency summit on Friday, as it becomes increasingly clear that their approach is not only out of line with Europe's moral responsibilities, but also out of line with key European states such as Germany and France.
However, these belated, weak and ineffective responses are symptomatic of deeper social and political problems in the Visegrad countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary). The migration crisis has exposed another crisis – of liberal democracy in post-communist societies.
It is regrettable - indeed "scandalous", as French foreign minister Laurent Fabius put it – that on one of the few issues on which the Visegrad countries have made their collective voice heard, it contradicts European values and the ethos of the EU. Given the region’s history it is particularly concerning that Central Europeans are currently part of the problem rather than part of the solution.
Note EU-Digest: Sad and deplorable to see how some of our own EU member states in Eastern Europe like Hungary and Poland are reacting to efforts being undertaken to come to a common solution to solve the avalanche of Middle Eastern refugees by a system of proportional distribution of these refugees around the EU. With an aging population and a lack of qualified workers this migration flow actually be a blessing in disguise for the EU.
Read more: Fighting the wrong battle: Central Europe’s crisis is one of liberal democracy, not migration | openDemocracy
2/1/14
France: Francois Hollande Asked: 'Do You Think Your Private Life Has Made France An International Joke?'
British journalists poured scorn on French reporters earlier this
month when Hollande gave his first press conference following
allegations of an affair were made public - accusing them of being too
afraid to ask probing questions.
And during a joint press conference between David Cameron and Hollande at an RAF airbase today, The Daily Telegraph's senior political correspondent, Christopher Hope, went for the jugular with this question.
The question was controversial with some. Axelle Lemaire, a French Socialist politician, said it was "disrespectful and discourteous for a UK journalist to ask President Hollande about his private life in such a way". She added: "Is that journalist a joke?"
Lemaire, who represents French citizens living in London, dismissed the argument that the grilling was justified on the basis of a free press.
She told the Daily Mail's political editor on Twitter: "Nothing to do with free press. You were scandalized when Closer showed photos of the Duchess of Cambridge. Double standard?"
Read more: Francois Hollande Asked: 'Do You Think Your Private Life Has Made France An International Joke?'
And during a joint press conference between David Cameron and Hollande at an RAF airbase today, The Daily Telegraph's senior political correspondent, Christopher Hope, went for the jugular with this question.
"Monsieur le Président. I know this is a very sensitive subject for you. Do you think your private life has made France an international joke? Are you still having an affair with Julie Gayet? And do you wish she was here?"Hollande, who scrunched up his face at the personal question, told Hope: "I'm afraid I would decline to answer."
The question was controversial with some. Axelle Lemaire, a French Socialist politician, said it was "disrespectful and discourteous for a UK journalist to ask President Hollande about his private life in such a way". She added: "Is that journalist a joke?"
Lemaire, who represents French citizens living in London, dismissed the argument that the grilling was justified on the basis of a free press.
She told the Daily Mail's political editor on Twitter: "Nothing to do with free press. You were scandalized when Closer showed photos of the Duchess of Cambridge. Double standard?"
Read more: Francois Hollande Asked: 'Do You Think Your Private Life Has Made France An International Joke?'
12/31/13
And The Country Posing The Greatest Threat to Peace as 2013 Ends is …
The past year witnessed bloodshed in Syria and Iraq, turmoil in Egypt, anarchy in Central Africa, threats by a nuclear-armed North Korea and Chinese military posturing, but as 2013 ends a global poll finds that the country seen as representing the greatest threat to peace today is ... the United States.
Not only did the U.S. top the list with an aggregate of 24 percent, but the runner-up threat country, Pakistan, was way behind at eight percent. China was third at six percent, followed by North Korea, Iran and Israel at five percent each.
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The survey of opinions across 65 countries by pollster Win/Gallup International recorded some of the strongest anti-American sentiment, predictably, in countries widely regarded as rivals, led by Russia (where 54 percent of respondents said the U.S. was the greatest threat to peace) and China (49 percent).
But the view that the U.S. poses the greatest threat to peace was also strongly held in some purported U.S. allies – such as NATO partners Greece and Turkey (45 percent each), and Pakistan (44 percent), which is also a top recipient of U.S. aid.
Two other countries where strongly negative opinion of the U.S. was found were Bosnia, a candidate for European Union membership (49 percent), and, closer to home, Argentina (46 percent).
Elsewhere in Latin America the U.S. topped the list of threats to peace for a significant number of respondents in Mexico (37 percent), Brazil (26 percent) and Peru (24 percent).
Paradoxically, just because people view the U.S. as the biggest threat doesn’t necessarily mean they wouldn’t like to move there if they could.
The pollsters also asked, “If there were no barriers to living in any country of the world, which country would you like to live in?” Some countries where the U.S.-as-greatest-threat view holds strong are also those where America would be a prized destination as a new home country.
That pattern was especially evident for Greece, Turkey, Brazil and Mexico, where the U.S. topped the list of places where people would like to live if they could.
Read more: And The Country Posing The Greatest Threat to Peace as 2013 Ends is … | CNS News
Not only did the U.S. top the list with an aggregate of 24 percent, but the runner-up threat country, Pakistan, was way behind at eight percent. China was third at six percent, followed by North Korea, Iran and Israel at five percent each.
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The survey of opinions across 65 countries by pollster Win/Gallup International recorded some of the strongest anti-American sentiment, predictably, in countries widely regarded as rivals, led by Russia (where 54 percent of respondents said the U.S. was the greatest threat to peace) and China (49 percent).
But the view that the U.S. poses the greatest threat to peace was also strongly held in some purported U.S. allies – such as NATO partners Greece and Turkey (45 percent each), and Pakistan (44 percent), which is also a top recipient of U.S. aid.
Two other countries where strongly negative opinion of the U.S. was found were Bosnia, a candidate for European Union membership (49 percent), and, closer to home, Argentina (46 percent).
Elsewhere in Latin America the U.S. topped the list of threats to peace for a significant number of respondents in Mexico (37 percent), Brazil (26 percent) and Peru (24 percent).
Paradoxically, just because people view the U.S. as the biggest threat doesn’t necessarily mean they wouldn’t like to move there if they could.
The pollsters also asked, “If there were no barriers to living in any country of the world, which country would you like to live in?” Some countries where the U.S.-as-greatest-threat view holds strong are also those where America would be a prized destination as a new home country.
That pattern was especially evident for Greece, Turkey, Brazil and Mexico, where the U.S. topped the list of places where people would like to live if they could.
Read more: And The Country Posing The Greatest Threat to Peace as 2013 Ends is … | CNS News
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