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The US and UK Have Shown They Will Only Call Out Genocide When It Suits Them
The laws of the world are our weapons, not our protectors.
Hypocrisy is a funny thing. It’s the tell-tale sign of deceit, cheating, misrule and self-serving agendas. As such, digging a little deeper past the surface-level hypocrisy is akin to pulling a thread on a knitted jumper, unravelling and revealing some underlying truth. This is valid for your double-standard friends and entire governments alike. So, the US and UK’s hypocrisy over Israel’s possible genocide in Gaza, when compared to their actions against the genocide taking place in Myanmar, is one worth investigating.
You may have forgotten what’s happening in Myanmar, so let’s quickly recap. Myanmar, a primarily Buddhist country, started persecuting a Muslim minority called the Rohingya back in 2016 after tensions spanning the ethnic and religious divide, along with landownership disputes between the two groups in the country, mounted. Since then, at least 1.2 million of the 2 million + Rohingya population have been displaced by military conflict and severe restrictions on food and water by the Myanmar state. As such, over a million Rohingya refugees fled and crossed to neighbouring Bangladesh, where they live in inhumane refugee camps, causing rampant disease and death. These refugees’ status…
