Has India, however, asked for any exemptionsu2014special or otherwise? Of course not. In addition to calling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s assertions absurd and motivated, New Delhi has also demanded Ottawa to provide any relevant supporting documentation.
Source: The Statesman
The broader query is whether the US has the moral standing to offer such an exemption, even if it is not requested, given its own disgraceful history of adventuring abroad. Again, the response is a categorical no.
The fact that America’s elitist outburst occurs just a few days after Chile’s military coup’s 50th anniversary is a startling coincidence. The Nixon-Kissinger team supported the Chilean military forces in their overthrow of President Allende’s democratically elected government and the beginning of General Pinochet’s bloody, 17-year tyranny. During Pinochet’s administration, more than 40,000 people were put to death, tortured, or imprisoned.
In a purported effort to promote democracy and human rights in our own countries (the US and Chile) and around the world, Washington recently declassified a number of 1973 papers.
Source: The Indina Express
The US needs to explain the ‘law enforcement and diplomatic process’ it used to neutralize Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. In Hollywood films like Steven Spielberg’s Munich (2005), which was about the Israeli Mossad’s Operation Wrath of God against the perpetrators of the murder at the 1972 Olympics, the exaltation of targeted executions and surgical attacks is no less troubling. By focusing on India, the US has made clear its prejudice and double standards.
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