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US to Cooperate With Nations Regardless of Human Rights Record – Pompeo

The US State Secretary has disclosed the great secret of Polichinelle of US foreign policy: that, as far as international relations are concerned, economic interests always outweigh humanitarian issues.

The United States will work with any nation in the world as long as it serves American interests, regardless of that nation's human rights record, US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said Wednesday — an unusually straightforward and frank comment on American foreign policy.

"The policy of this administration is to engage with other governments, regardless of their record, if doing so will further US interests," Pompeo said while prefacing of the State Department's annual report on global human rights practices. He added, however, that the State Department recognizes that American interests are best served by nations that respect human rights.

Finding a balance between a pragmatic, realpolitik approach to foreign relations and a self-proclaimed role of global human rights watchdog has been a core problem of US foreign policy for generations, as the reality of international relations demonstrates that the two priorities do not always coincide.

The US' tight ties with Saudi Arabia are probably the most notable example: President Donald Trump struck an enormous $110 billion arms deal with Riyadh, which he, naturally, had to defend after the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. China is another major trade partner of the US, yet Washington continues to criticize Beijing for its treatment of the Uygur population and freedom of speech issues.

Historically, however, Pompeo's groundbreaking confession is not so groundbreaking at all. In fact, it is a logical extension of the so-called Mann Doctrine, formulated by Thomas Clifton Mann at a conference for all US ambassadors to Latin America in 1964. According to this Cold War-ear doctrine, the US made a decision not to intervene into states run by dictators, as long as they served US economic interests and didn't cooperate with the Communists. Basically, Mann prioritized US interests over political values and human rights records.

"He announced that Latin American countries would now be judged on how they promoted US interests, not those of their own people," Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick's 2012 book "The Untold Story of the United States" say about Mann.

https://sputniknews.com/us/201903141073216088-human-rights-pompeo-interests/

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Ethics complaint filed against Trump's defense chief over alleged Boeing bias

A US watchdog has filed a complaint against acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan over his alleged lobbying of Boeing, his former employer. The company is still reeling from the recent Ethiopia crash, that sent its stock sliding.

The complaint was filed by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-profit US government ethics watchdog, on Wednesday, just as the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) joined the rest of the world in grounding all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 9 models over safety concerns.

The group cited numerous media reports that Shanahan, who used to work in various subdivisions at Boeing for more than 30 years before he was handpicked by President Donald Trump to serve as Deputy Secretary of Defense, has been doing the airspace manufacturer's bidding at internal meetings and in private.

https://www.rt.com/usa/453767-boeing-bias-pentagon-shanahan/