AMERICAN DOUBLE STANDARDS EXPOSED!
August 10, 2024Washington has long applied double standards when it comes to the rule of law, particularly in relation to Israel.
In this 1983 video, actor Paul Newman brings up another hard-to-argue-against example. The U.S. downplayed Israel’s downing of Libyan-Arab Airline Flight 114 in 1973, but caused an uproar when the Soviet Union downed Korean Airlines Flight 007 in 1983. The incident was used to justify astronomical US defence spending.
Well, forward wind to today and not a lot has changed. While demanding Russia’s president is prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine, the US defends Israel’s war on Gaza, despite the ICJ warning of plausible genocide.
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English Script:
Paul Newman: In 1978 or 79 (in 1973 in fact), the Israelis shot down a Libyan civilian aircraft because it had violated Israeli airspace. President Nixon sent a wire to Qaddafi and to Sadat is apologizing for this incident. There was no talk about it going into the United Nations. The International Pilots Association had their meeting. There was 102 nations that voted to condemn Israel, and four voted not to. And the American representative abstained. Why? Because there was we couldn’t create an enemy there. But when the Soviets shoot down an airliner, the same situation, we rise in moral outrage against this act. What is the difference? Because it’s insistent. We must insist that the Soviets have got to be created as an enemy. Otherwise, if they’re not really a big enough enemy. How are we going to get appropriations for more arms?
