I've been waiting for an US politician to show his contempt towards Euskal Herria in the wake of Kosovo's independence declaration.
Well, it finally happened, and I want to thank Andrew Bartlett (a self appointed human rights defender) for showing the US' political class bias and ignorance.
In his post titled "Kosovo and self-determination" he states:
Notice that he aligns himself with the US official position regarding the Basque Country.
But then he goes on to say this:
Ahem, last time I checked Taiwan was still an autonomous province of China, not a sovereign state as the US wishes. That is exactly what is wrong with the US politicians, their double standard. Just like in Kosovo, they have their interest invested in achieving independence for Taiwan, but pay attention, they can care less about Tibet. The thing is, China is not Serbia and they have to be very careful on how they go about the Taiwan hot potato.
US politicians, Democrats and Republicans, they are all the same, they stick to the script and they do not see the discrepancy of calling the Basques by the term "separatists" and never using that same term with the Taiwanese.
And this guy is a Democrat, he belongs to a party that allegedly attracts open minded individuals as opposed to the Republican party.
Well, let us remember that it was a Democrat, Bill Clinton, who started the whole Kosovo issue by ordering a bombing campaign against Serbia without the UN approval, just like Bush did with Iraq. And bot John Kerry and Hillary Clinton during their respective presidential candidacy runs have estated that all Basques are terrorists. Good thing Democrats respect human rights.
Well, it finally happened, and I want to thank Andrew Bartlett (a self appointed human rights defender) for showing the US' political class bias and ignorance.
In his post titled "Kosovo and self-determination" he states:
Perhaps not surprisingly, China is among those not recognising Kosovo. It not only fiercely opposes any type of separate recognition of Taiwan, but also stridently opposes any suggestion of self-determination for Tibet. No doubt Spain’s opposition is in part based on concerns about Basque separatists within their own state.
Notice that he aligns himself with the US official position regarding the Basque Country.
But then he goes on to say this:
I was fortunate enough to be part of a group that met with Taiwan’s President this afternoon. He spoke about the Kosovo situation. It does highlight the oddity that a place like Taiwan, which is obviously a self-governing and autonomous country, finds it difficult to have its recognition of Kosovo recognised.
Ahem, last time I checked Taiwan was still an autonomous province of China, not a sovereign state as the US wishes. That is exactly what is wrong with the US politicians, their double standard. Just like in Kosovo, they have their interest invested in achieving independence for Taiwan, but pay attention, they can care less about Tibet. The thing is, China is not Serbia and they have to be very careful on how they go about the Taiwan hot potato.
US politicians, Democrats and Republicans, they are all the same, they stick to the script and they do not see the discrepancy of calling the Basques by the term "separatists" and never using that same term with the Taiwanese.
And this guy is a Democrat, he belongs to a party that allegedly attracts open minded individuals as opposed to the Republican party.
Well, let us remember that it was a Democrat, Bill Clinton, who started the whole Kosovo issue by ordering a bombing campaign against Serbia without the UN approval, just like Bush did with Iraq. And bot John Kerry and Hillary Clinton during their respective presidential candidacy runs have estated that all Basques are terrorists. Good thing Democrats respect human rights.
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He's Australian. You can tell by the thing at the top of his webpage that says, "Queensland Democrats". Please point us to the state of the USA called "Queensland".
ReplyDeleteYour ignorance is even more profound than that of the average American.