Yet Another Staggering US Hypocrisy -- Pompeo Dismisses Holocaust in Yemen Favouring Arms Sales
by Adam K. Raymond via shirl - Daily Intelligencer Thursday, Sep 20 2018, 9:45pm international /
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The International Criminal Court has nowhere to hide today. Mike Pompeo recently overruled his own administration regarding 'humanitarian' concerns in Syria if the legitimate Syrian government proceeded with its duty to rid the nation of extremist terrorist groups in Idlib, which are supported by Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Jordan and the CIA; however, Pompeo clearly supports the ongoing HUMANITARIAN CRISIS in Yemen. We have just heard from US administrative official, James Jeffrey, who stated that the USA would attack the Syrian government and its Russian ally if it, "creates refugee flows or attacks innocent civilians." Which means that it's OK if the USA does it but no-one else. The Yemen holocaust being the current case in point.
Mike Pompeo, child killer, war criminal and lunatic
The USA is currently supporting the Saudis with weapons sales the use of which by the Saudis, have created the "worst humanitarian crisis in the world" today, according to the EU.
This is deja vu Nixon logic. America, according to its own imaginings is able to commit the most horrendous humanitarian crimes in Iraq, Libya and elsewhere with impunity but if any other nation dares to attack US sponsored terrorists fighting on the CIA's behalf, then it is liable to direct attack from the USA, which would OF COURSE kill thousands of innocent civilians, as occurred in Iraq. CLEARLY, gross hypocrisies and double standards aside for the moment, there is no logic, sense or sane reason behind US' behaviour at the current time. You simply can't have it both ways and attempt to condemn nations that have a legal right to purge their nations of murdering terrorists while supporting external warring nations creating HUGE humanitarian crises at the same time -- this is not rocket science, it's brazen INSANITY!
Russia should take some comfort from this outrageous sequence of events, all within 48 hours of each other; one must ask, is anyone really thinking in Washington? It appears not, as not only has the USA compromised itself by selling arms to a criminal regime mass murdering children and civilians in Yemen, but it threatens legitimate governments if they protect their own nations against embedded terrorists -- give sanity, the thinking world and the ICC, a break Bolton and Pompeo!
If you imagine the WORLD cannot see the Truth then you two have totally lost it. Russia should immediately force the ICC to attention while assisting Assad to eliminate Saudi and Israeli supported terrorists from Syria. The US has not a dog's leg to stand on at this moment in time and if it dares launch an attack on Syria then Russia and China should launch a counter attack DIRECTLY ON THE USA, as it would be that warring nation responsible for the ILLEGAL attacks on Syria. THAT SIMPLE, but too simple for the morons and lunatics in Washington to fathom.
Article from New York Magazine follows:
The Saudi Arabia-led war against Houthi rebels in Yemen is the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” according to the European Union. Nearly 17,000 civilians have been killed or injured by the coalition’s unrelenting air campaign, and millions more face the risk of starvation and the rampant spread of disease.
None of this has stopped the United States from supporting the efforts though. The U.S. continues to sell arms to Riyadh and provide refueling services to aid the air offensive. But mounting civilian casualties, and high-profile tragedies, such as the bombing of a school bus that killed dozens, have led to dissension in Washington.
Some members of Congress have publicly pushed back against U.S. support for the coalition and, The Wall Street Journal reports, so have experts within the State Department. Like the lawmakers though, State Department staffers have had no luck convincing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to turn away from the coalition. Not necessarily because he believes the war is just, but because he wants to protect U.S. weapons sales, the WSJ reports:
Mr. Pompeo overruled concerns from most of the State Department specialists involved in the debate who were worried about the rising civilian death toll in Yemen. Those who objected included specialists in the region and in military affairs. He sided with his legislative affairs team after they argued that suspending support could undercut plans to sell more than 120,000 precision-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to a classified State Department memo and people familiar with the debate.
According to the WSJ, Pompeo asked State Department experts earlier this month how he should deal with a congressional requirement that the U.S. either cut off refueling aid for coalition planes or certify that the coalition was taking steps to mitigate civilian casualties. The experts said Pompeo should not make such a certification as it would “provide no incentive for Saudi leadership to take our diplomatic messaging seriously.”
He did it anyway, assuring Congress that the coalition is trying to kill fewer children, but only after the State Department’s legislative team pointed out that failing to make the certification “will negatively impact pending arms transfers.” It also noted that being truthful to Congress and admitting that Saudi Arabia is not doing enough to protect the innocent would “negatively impact future foreign military sales and direct commercial sales to the region.” Pompeo seems to have found that possibility unacceptable.
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[Well, there it is plainly, the US has condemned itself by its own words and behaviours. Washington, without doubt, is clearly a DANGEROUS lunatic asylum.]
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