China Hits Back at US On Human Rights, says Iraq War A Disaster
BEIJING - China on Thursday accused the United States of human rights hypocrisy, as it branded the US invasion of Iraq the “greatest humanitarian disaster” of the modern world.
In an annual response to Washington’s criticism of China’s human rights record, the Chinese government labelled the United States arrogant, and highlighted what it said were widespread US failures at home and abroad.
“(America’s) arrogant critique on the human rights of other countries are always accompanied by a deliberate ignoring of serious human rights problems on its own territory,” said the report, released by the state Xinhua news agency.
“This was not only inconsistent with universally recognised norms of international relations, but also exposed the double standards and downright hypocrisy of the United States on the human rights issue, and inevitably impaired its international image.”
The annual report, entitled “The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2007,” presented a wide-ranging attack on the Western superpower’s human rights problems, and singled out the US-led war in Iraq that began in 2003.
“The United States has a notorious record of trampling on the sovereignty of and violating human rights in other countries,” it said.
“The invasion of Iraq by American troops has produced the biggest human rights tragedy and the greatest humanitarian disaster in modern world.”
On the global front, it also criticised civilian deaths in Afghanistan, secret prisons and torture of detainees.
Domestically, the reports said Americans’ right to join unions had been restricted, prisoners’ rights had been violated, and authorities were involved in attempting to manipulate the media.
The report also launched attacks on the United States’ inability to tackle poverty, fight crime and even the exorbitant cost of running for president.
China said it had released the report to give the world a clearer insight into US failings and address the imbalance of the State Department’s annual report on human rights, released Tuesday.
The State Department removed China from its list of the world’s worst human rights violators, but said there were still widespread problems.
© 2008 Agence France Presse
If the US still possessed any credibility on the world stage, it’s uber-hypocritical “do as I say, not as I do” policies might still hold water with some people. However, for anyone with the ability to think critically, that ship sailed long ago.
have you thanked a soft-on-corruption republican lately?
heckuvajob.
I really shouldn’t laugh so much at this kind of report. It’s a lot like listening to a child molestor telling a child killer that he’s better because his victims still live when he’s done with them. I’d have used the pot/kettle thing, but that’s too tame an analogy for the actions of the chinese and usa’s governments…
Thank you so much, China, for saying very loudly and for the whole world to hear what I have been thinking every day for decades!
Iraq War A Disaster…
We all knew that going in - President Carter said it would be a catastrophe - and so it is. The world is overturned and 50 stars have fallen.
Now that George Bush and his evilgelicals have driven our ship of state over the cliff all the warmongerettes are saying ’stay the course’ of course.
Is there a Sanity Clause, Virginia?
Thank God for the Communists protecting Democracy for us
If we get enough political pressure from within and from other countries, maybe it’ll help. Soon I hope.
skippyagogo41:
You got that 100% right.
The United States has not violated any human rights, ever. President Bush issued a secret Executive Order declaring all ‘enemies of the U.S. as non-human non-combatants’. Thus, killing or torturing them is not a violation of human rights. And if some non-evil-doers are affected, that is merely collateral damage, covered in another Executive Order which absolves the U.S. of any Human Rights violations.
See, Hitler spent too much money on scientists. What he needed was more lawyers…
AyGadamia~ To hear it from China, Ouch. This is instant karma. Clinton sold out and repealed China trade sanctions and et voila~ The pot calling the kettle black. Hillary is on the Board of Walmart. No? Is China doing their part like all good Republican millionaires trying to elect Hillary?! Beam me up Scotty, I am ready to go home now.
China and Republicans have much in common.
http://gorenfeld.net/book/gallery/
Oops I mean Republicans have alot in common with Rev Moon (Korean)!
Also, skippyagogo’s more accurate than mi tame,tepid kettle example. China being neither tame nor tepid -nor neo-ConAmerica,Inc. ftm.
China & Russia are the world’s primary hopes. The only possible counterbalances to absolute and total control of the planet by the American Scum Government & Military.
Braking news:
A major crackdown against protest is underway by the Chinese in Lhasa, several monasteries have been taken over by the military. Deaths have been reported.
So, while China’s points are well taken, the timing of the report is suspicious.
But on the bright side, althoug China can be brutal to those within it’s historical borders, at least China has never had imperialist ambitions.
I think the greatest point here is, that if China and countries that have human rights violations can point a finger at the US, we have serious problems.
Executive orders can be signed, removing some people from the list of human beings, but those buying into it will a higher power to answer to one day.
How utterly arrogant to sign away “humanity”.
The arrogance of the US state in pointing fingers at other states vis a vis human rights violations has surprised me ever since I came to political awareness sometime in the late 60s and early 70s. All over the world the US has been involved with low intensity conflict and dirty wars conducted by the CIA and local drug runners and warlords in various countries, including those in Central and South America, Cuba, Haiti, the Philippines, Eastern Europe, the Middle East…the list goes on. These abuses pale beside the abuse of the American state of its own citizenry who at this point is one quarter behind bars!