Comments on: US Policy, HR violations and war crimes – ‘Pot calling kettle black’ http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/09/20/us-policy-hr-violations-and-war-crimes-pot-calling-kettle-black/ Lankaweb.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:21:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cassandra http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/09/20/us-policy-hr-violations-and-war-crimes-pot-calling-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-474 cassandra Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:38:17 +0000 http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=3885#comment-474 The US has no moral right to preach to other nations on human rights, not after its appalling record in this area. We remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki where the civilian death toll was huge, the chemical warfare in Vietnam, the effects of which endure to this day, the landmines in Cambodia which continue to explode and kill and maim civilians in that country, the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq........and so the list goes on – a catalogue of abuses of which the US should be profoundly ashamed of. But why should we be surprised? The US double standards are only too obvious. After all, did not Hilary Clinton, now US Secretary of State, say during her failed election campaign, something to the effect that there were good and bad terrorists! Unfortunately, the US wields enormous clout internationally and, regardless of what it may preach, it simply demonstrates the crude logic that might is right. The US has no moral right to preach to other nations on human rights, not after its appalling record in this area. We remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki where the civilian death toll was huge, the chemical warfare in Vietnam, the effects of which endure to this day, the landmines in Cambodia which continue to explode and kill and maim civilians in that country, the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq……..and so the list goes on – a catalogue of abuses of which the US should be profoundly ashamed of. But why should we be surprised? The US double standards are only too obvious. After all, did not Hilary Clinton, now US Secretary of State, say during her failed election campaign, something to the effect that there were good and bad terrorists!

Unfortunately, the US wields enormous clout internationally and, regardless of what it may preach, it simply demonstrates the crude logic that might is right.

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