Mexico Dares to Question US Airstrikes; DC Media Shrugs
When Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum states, 'We do not agree' with US airstrikes, it registers as a blip on the American media radar (if it registers at all). The dominant narrative usually presents such actions as inevitable, even necessary, humanitarian interventions. Yet, the US has a long, documented history of destabilizing Central and South American nations through military
interventions—from Chile to Guatemala, for resource control and political subjugation, not 'democracy promotion.' (See: 'Bitter Fruit' by Stephen Kinzer and Stephen Schlesinger.) This isn't just about 'not agreeing;' it's about a consistent rejection of US unilateralism that many nations, especially those in the global south, have voiced for decades. The silence from major US news desks on this
(Al Jazeera being a notable exception) speaks volumes about whose dissent is deemed newsworthy and whose is conveniently ignored. One might wonder if the concern for sovereignty only extends to nations that align with Washington's strategic interests.