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Anonymous ID: 6fcfdd Dec. 8, 2024, 2:42 p.m. No.22131670   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1677 >>1683 >>1698 >>1987 >>2143

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The West’s ‘rules-based international order’ is a sham: Here’s why

 

The system created by the US and its allies is not about fairness or justice. It exists solely to maintain Washington’s dominance

 

The phrase “rules-based international order” is frequently invoked by Western powers, particularly the United States and its NATO allies, as a guiding principle of global diplomacy.

 

At face value, it suggests a fair and stable system where rights and protections apply equally to all. But in reality, this so-called order is a selective, asymmetrical system designed to circumvent international law when it inconveniences Washington.

 

The illusion of rules

The “rules-based international order” is deliberately vague. Unlike established international law, which is codified in treaties like the UN Charter, this concept lacks clear legal definitions. Instead, it serves as a geopolitical tool allowing Washington and its friends to reinterpret global norms to suit their interests while demanding rigid compliance from others.

 

When US officials talk about defending the “rules-based order,” what they often mean is preserving their own global dominance.

 

International bodies such as the United Nations, World Trade Organization (WTO), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are regularly leveraged by the West to assert its will while minimizing legal accountability. The result is a double standard where its own violations are quietly ignored while similar actions by rivals such as Russia or China are loudly condemned.

 

Selective outrage: Crimea vs. Syria

Consider the contrasting reactions to Russia’s reabsorption of Crimea and the American occupation of parts of Syria. In 2014, Moscow retook Crimea following a referendum held after Ukraine's legally-elected government was overthrown in a Western-backed coup. The move triggered sweeping sanctions, international outrage, and a narrative of “Russian aggression” that endures today.

 

Meanwhile, the US has maintained a military presence in Syria since 2015, despite having no UN mandate and no invitation from the then internationally recognized government in Damascus. Washington cites combating ISIS and ensuring “regional stability” as justifications, but its true motives are clear: controlling Syria's oil-rich northeast and limiting Iranian influence.

 

Under international law, the government of President Bashar al-Assad retained sovereign control over its territory, at least until this weekend. By operating there without permission, Washington has been violating the same UN principles it claims to uphold in Ukraine.

 

Moscow’s involvement in Syria, by contrast, followed international legal norms. Al-Assad formally requested Russian military assistance in 2015, making its presence there legal under Article 51 of the UN Charter. Yet Western media consistently framed Moscow's actions as aggressive and destabilizing, while downplaying or justifying the unlawful American occupation.

 

The illusion of rules

The “rules-based international order” is deliberately vague. Unlike established international law, which is codified in treaties like the UN Charter, this concept lacks clear legal definitions. Instead, it serves as a geopolitical tool allowing Washington and its friends to reinterpret global norms to suit their interests while demanding rigid compliance from others.

 

When US officials talk about defending the “rules-based order,” what they often mean is preserving their own global dominance.

 

International bodies such as the United Nations, World Trade Organization (WTO), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are regularly leveraged by the West to assert its will while minimizing legal accountability. The result is a double standard where its own violations are quietly ignored while similar actions by rivals such as Russia or China are loudly condemned.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/608967-west-rules-based-order-sham/

Anonymous ID: 6fcfdd Dec. 8, 2024, 2:45 p.m. No.22131688   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1698 >>1987 >>2143

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Selective outrage: Crimea vs. Syria

Consider the contrasting reactions to Russia’s reabsorption of Crimea and the American occupation of parts of Syria. In 2014, Moscow retook Crimea following a referendum held after Ukraine's legally-elected government was overthrown in a Western-backed coup. The move triggered sweeping sanctions, international outrage, and a narrative of “Russian aggression” that endures today.

 

Meanwhile, the US has maintained a military presence in Syria since 2015, despite having no UN mandate and no invitation from the then internationally recognized government in Damascus. Washington cites combating ISIS and ensuring “regional stability” as justifications, but its true motives are clear: controlling Syria's oil-rich northeast and limiting Iranian influence.

 

Under international law, the government of President Bashar al-Assad retained sovereign control over its territory, at least until this weekend. By operating there without permission, Washington has been violating the same UN principles it claims to uphold in Ukraine.

 

Moscow’s involvement in Syria, by contrast, followed international legal norms. Al-Assad formally requested Russian military assistance in 2015, making its presence there legal under Article 51 of the UN Charter. Yet Western media consistently framed Moscow's actions as aggressive and destabilizing, while downplaying or justifying the unlawful American occupation.

 

Türkiye’s role in Northern Cyprus

The US is not the only NATO power exploiting this double standard. Türkiye’s illegal occupation of Northern Cyprus since 1974 is another glaring example. After invading the island in response to a Greek-backed coup, Ankara established the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and stationed tens of thousands of troops there. Everything about it violates international law, yet Western powers remain conspicuously silent. And there have been no sanctions.

 

This selective enforcement reveals that the “rules-based order” isn’t about legal principles but political convenience. NATO members are shielded from scrutiny, while geopolitical rivals are punished for comparable or lesser offenses.

 

Military might makes right

Washington's military dominance underpins this asymmetric order. With over 750 military bases in at least 80 countries, the US has the capacity to enforce its interpretation of the “rules” while ignoring contrary legal opinions. This reach, combined with its diplomatic influence and control over international financial institutions, enables the Americans to act with near-total impunity.

 

Consider how the US bypassed the UN Security Council to invade Iraq in 2003, a war widely recognized as illegal under international law. Despite global protests, objections from many of its own allies, and the war’s catastrophic consequences, no Western leader has faced accountability.

 

In stark contrast, Russia’s actions in Crimea and its 2022 Ukraine intervention have led to sanctions, war crimes accusations, and attempts at diplomatic isolation.

 

Pushing back: Moscow's response

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has long criticized the hypocrisy of the “rules-based order.” In speeches and interviews, he points out how Western powers use the term to impose their will while flouting international law when it suits them.

 

“Rules-based order means whatever the West decides at any given moment,” Lavrov remarked in 2021, reflecting widespread frustration among nations frequently targeted by US-led sanctions and interventions.

 

Russia’s stance, echoed by other powers such as China and Iran, underscores a growing rejection of Western-imposed norms. The rising appeal of alternative networks such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) reflects this pushback against a system viewed as inherently unjust.

 

The real rules: Power and perception

In truth, the “rules-based international order” is not about creating a fair worldwide system. It exists to maintain Western dominance by allowing its architects to bypass the constraints of international law while using those same legal frameworks to constrain rivals. When challenged, Western leaders reframe the conversation, accusing adversaries of rejecting “global norms” – norms they themselves ignore when convenient.

 

Until the US and its allies face genuine accountability for their violations of international law, the term “rules-based order” will remain a hollow justification for power politics. Laws and customs are only meaningful if they apply equally – otherwise, they are just tools of empire dressed up in diplomatic language.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/608967-west-rules-based-order-sham/

Anonymous ID: 6fcfdd Dec. 8, 2024, 2:52 p.m. No.22131731   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1735 >>1987 >>2143

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How to destroy your country in 10 easy steps

 

If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time or die by suicide. –Abraham Lincoln

 

 

There have been countless people (myself included) who at one time or another have said, "The way those rotten (insert name of political party or group) are (insert action), they're destroying the country!"

 

Hyperbolic invective aside, enough of those specific accusations have been made that they form a blueprint of sorts and wouldn't you know, they're all in play!

 

Here they are, in no particular order:

 

1)Divide citizens into groups and turn them against one another.– After white Cambridge police officers arrested black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. when they observed him trying to break into a home, President Obama said the officers "acted stupidly." Obama's comments were the first of many that degraded race relations in America. Since then, the imposition of CRT & DEI, accusations of systemic racism, white privilege and the 'soft bigotry of low expectations' have separated Americans into "oppressors" and "oppressed."

 

2)Debase the currency– December 2022 saw inflation spike to 7%, a rate not seen in 40 years. Now we commonly see commercials for loans for people trying to buy groceries. Inflation, debt and the deficit pose significant threats to the U.S. economy.

 

3)Implement the Cloward-Piven Strategy– At its core, this aims to overload the welfare system, precipitate a crisis, and institute a system of a guaranteed annual income in order to end poverty. See also item 2 and item 10.

 

4)Destroy masculinity, demoralize our military– Schoolboys are increasingly being treated like misbehaving females. Our soldiers are forced to attend lectures on systemic racism and transgender narratives resulting in a decline in unit morale.

 

5)Dumb down the population– In his book, “Dumbing Us Down,” John Taylor Gatto declares: “Pick up a fifth-grade math or rhetoric textbook from 1850 and you’ll see that the texts were pitched then on what would today be considered college level." Thomas Sowell and Gatto suggest that the way to solve this problem is to get children out of the institutional mode of schooling. How to accomplish that is the question.

 

6)Impose censorship– Elon Musk notwithstanding, censorship is still occurring. Individuals expressing unpopular opinions find themselves debanked, doxxed or lose their jobs. Some schools are removing books such as Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from their shelves, bringing us to Orwell's quote in 1984, "History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."

 

7)Outsource research and manufacturing "A nation which depends upon others for its new basic scientific knowledge will be slow in its industrial progress and weak in its competitive position in world trade.” Vannevar Bush, the MIT professor who played a key role in the computer revolution. Federal R&D in universities and corporate labs has shrunk to pre-Sputnik levels. Our emphasis is shifting to products rather than the "seed corn" of basic investigative research.

 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/how_to_destroy_your_country_in_10_easy_steps.html

Anonymous ID: 6fcfdd Dec. 8, 2024, 2:53 p.m. No.22131735   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1987 >>2143

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8)Teach children to hate their country “A government is like everything else: to preserve it, we must love it.” Thomas Jefferson. Chasing higher rates of graduation, college enrollments and standardized test scores eventually resulted in Common Core, endorsed by Obama (who else?) which has produced angry pushback from parents. History texts authored by Howard Zinn teach that America's founding is irredeemably racist, rooted in slavery and white supremacy. Far too many Americans educated since the 1980's are cynical and suspicious of our nation's history, rather than proud of our founding ideals and accomplishments.

 

9)Make the streets unsafe– America's larger cities tend to be run by Democrats and almost all of them have seen record spikes in crime. Law enforcement is no longer proactive due to the Ferguson Effect. Criminals who are arrested are often released back onto the streets where they’re free to offend again.

 

10)Flood the country with third world illegal immigrants and hostile aliens– Between 2021 and 2024, Border Patrol agents apprehended 367 people who were on the terror watch list. That represents a 2,251% increase from 2017-2020. So far in 2024, over 24,000 Chinese nationals have been encountered illegally crossing at the Southwest border. Encounters of Chinese nationals in March 2024 increased over 8,000% compared to March 2021. The DoD and FBI have documented more than 100 incidents of Chinese nationals posing as tourists to gain unauthorized access to U.S. military bases and other federal sites.

 

In closing, I refer the reader to this: “Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”

 

I encourage you to read it in its entirety.

 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/how_to_destroy_your_country_in_10_easy_steps.html