Author: Ouyang Lin.
The American-style double standard syndrome has a long history and has long been widely criticized by the international community.
We lie, we cheat, we steal", "the worst secretary of state in history" Pompeo said in a way that the "thick black science" of the American double standard.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Secretary has a classic double standard for Japan's nuclear wastewater: The water is safe, but I don't drink it.
The so-called "double standard" refers to making diametrically opposed judgments and countermeasures on the basis of one's own interests, likes and dislikes for things of the same nature.
The United States has long flaunted the banner of "democracy" and "human rights" and is Xi to pursuing double standards in regional and international affairs. The double-standard style has become a "unique disease" of this superpower, which is blatant, misleading oneself and harming others even more.
The United States often tramples on international justices, turning its hands into clouds and raining on its hands, with no standards for right and wrong, no concept of right and wrong, or completely "America first" in judging right and wrong.
On the afternoon of December 8, the United Nations Security Council voted to fail to adopt a draft resolution submitted by the United Arab Emirates calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip due to a one-vote veto by the United States.
As the saying goes, it's just three things!
This is the third time that the United States has exercised its veto power since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict more than two months ago
Thirteen of the 15 members of the Security Council voted in favour of the draft agreement, with one abstention from the United Kingdom and one against the United States.
It can be seen that this time the United States has encountered unprecedented isolation, and even Britain, which has always followed the United States in singing and harmonizing, seems to be unable to stand it this time, and obviously has drawn a clear line with the United States, and they have only abstained from voting. Ukraine, which voted last time, could only abstain from voting.
This has exposed the hypocrisy of the United States, and its actions have drawn widespread condemnation.
However, what is an American-style double standard?
In short, I can, you can't!Including some Western countries that have learned from the United States, they all have this kind of thinking: whatever is unfavorable to oneself is even righteousAnything that has not been approved by oneself is called illegal;If I don't agree with it, no one can make their own decisions.
The United States claims to be a country founded on "human rights" and regards itself as the world's "defender of human rights," and self-proclaimed itself as a "happy land of freedom" and a "beacon of democracy." The implication is that I can send troops to attack other countries at will, or even subvert the regimes of other countries, and let people I like come to power, while others cannot question and attack me.
Analysts have pointed out that since the outbreak of the new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, tens of thousands of people have been killed in the fighting, and the Gaza Strip has fallen into a serious humanitarian disaster.
At present, a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities have become the mainstream call of the international community, but the United States, which often talks about human rights, has not only repeatedly blocked the adoption of the UN Security Council draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, but has also continued to provide arms aid to Israel, adding fuel to the flames of the conflict, only violently condemning Hamas's attack on Israel, while turning a blind eye and confusing the Israeli Gaza Strip for its ethnic **.
Who is playing double standards on human rights?The international community has seen it for all and is very bitterly hated.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said before the vote: "The eyes of the world, the eyes of history, are watching us, and now is the time to act."
However, the results of the vote showed that 13 of the 15 members of the Security Council voted in favour, the United Kingdom abstained, and only the United States voted against, claiming that the draft was "out of touch with reality".
The international community generally could not stand the US veto of the Security Council's draft Palestinian-Israeli cease-fire and began to "shout and curse" loudly.
Russia's deputy representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, scolded the most hatefully.
After the Security Council vote, he sternly questioned the representative of the United States: "Are you still human?"So many civilians in Israel**Gaza have turned a blind eye to you, repeatedly obstructed the UN resolution on the ceasefire in Gaza, and allowed Israel to continue to brutally **Palestinian civilians, but always showed deep concern for civilians on the Ukraine issue, and your 'double standard' is shameless to the point of staggering!”
Polyansky scolded very reasonably, and the pursuit of "double standards" in international affairs is the United States' forte, and this veto of the draft Gaza cease-fire agreement has once again exposed that the United States is a very hypocritical countryGone in the eyes of the Americans.
China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, has unceremoniously exposed the hypocrisy and double standards of the United States. His criticism was imposing, with a series of analogies.
Zhang Jun said it was paradoxical to condone the continuation of the fighting while claiming to be concerned about the safety and humanitarian needs of the people of GazaIt is self-deceptive to advocate the prevention of conflict spillover while conniving at the continuation of the warIt is also extremely hypocritical to condone the continuation of the war while talking about the protection of women, children and human rights.
Zhang Jun stressed: "All this makes us see once again what a double standard is. ”
France's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Nicolas de Rivière, said: "France voted in favour of this resolution, and we plead for an immediate, lasting humanitarian ceasefire. ”
After the United States vetoed the Gaza ceasefire resolution, the speaker of the Turkish parliament, Numan Kurturmush, angrily denounced the United States: "From now on, the United States will have the blood of every Palestinian victim and every child killed." ”
In October this year, the United States rejected the much-anticipated draft resolution submitted by Brazil and voted against the draft resolution submitted by Russia on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN, Iravani, noted that "the Security Council has encountered obstacles in taking decisive action, mainly because the United States has vetoed a number of draft resolutions." ”
The United States has frequently accused other countries of undermining human rights, but it opposes the draft resolution, which aims to protect the right to life of people in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian Abbas's rejection of the US position is "aggressive" and "immoral" and a flagrant violation of all humanitarian values and principles. "The United States is responsible for the children, women and elderly people caused by Israel in the Gaza Strip," he denounced. ”
This time, the United Arab Emirates, which is the author of the draft, expressed "deep disappointment" at the US vote against it, stressing that "the result of the vote will not prevent the UAE from continuing to urge Security Council members to take action to bring an early end to the violence in the Gaza Strip." ”
Australia's "Pearl and Stimulus" ** article said that the current tragedy in the Gaza Strip happened because of the permission of the United States, and some politicians in the United States are fully aware of what they are doing. ”
Analysts point out that the reason why US politicians strongly support Israel is largely due to political election considerations. However, as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues to escalate, the United States' behavior of "arching the fire" instead of "extinguishing the fire" will eventually be countered.
Conclusion. In recent years, the "American-style double standard disease" of the United States has become even more severe, and that is what the United States asks others to do, and they have never demanded this from themselves
It has even directly torn off the mask of democracy and freedom, wantonly trampled on international rules, disrupted the international order, completely exposed its true colors of selfishness and bullying, and broke the "human character" that the United States has carefully built for a long time.
There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust. As a world superpower and an important member of the international community, the United States should seriously reflect on its own behavior. It is the responsibility of every country to abide by international law and norms and to promote peace and stability. It is hoped that the United States will abandon double standards and participate in international affairs in a more just and objective manner.