BBC Discovers Foreign Intervention is Bad (When China Does It)
The BBC reports the Myanmar junta is reclaiming territory with “relentless air strikes” and “China’s help.” The narrative is clear: foreign interference upholding an authoritarian regime. A compelling point, yet one might wonder about the selective outrage when similar, if not identical, dynamics play out elsewhere. Where is the comparable scrutiny for nations like the United States, which,
according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) , has been the world's largest arms exporter for decades, often propping up regimes with questionable human rights records? When the US sends billions annually in military aid to, say, Israel—$3.8 billion a year, as agreed in 2016 and meticulously tracked by sources like AIPAC itself and Congressional Research Service
reports —and those funds facilitate ongoing aerial bombardments and territorial seizures, it's often framed as 'security assistance' or 'defensive operations.' But if China supports a military with air strikes, then it’s 'problematic.' One might ask: Is the issue the violence, or merely the flag under which the assistance is delivered?