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> it carries less weight because China can just say "we're following the US example". I agree that post 9/11 US foreign policy making has been disastrous and u
by onepointsixC 7y ago
> it carries less weight because China can just say "we're following the US example".
I agree that post 9/11 US foreign policy making has been disastrous and utterly corrosive to America's ability to hold the moral high ground. But surely we can differentiate here. Putting millions of Uhyger men into camps and forcing their wives to share beds with Han men is on a whole another level[1].
[1]: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-china-uighur-forced-share-beds-male-officials-detention-camps-a9185861.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-china-u...
- cyphar 7y agoThe US's disastrous and inhumane foreign policy started long before 2001 (though 9/11 did make it worse). The Vietnam War (where the US routinely engaged in chemical warfare -- a war crime) immediately springs to mind but there are many other examples.