US Court Calls Trump's Barrage Illegal, Media Silent on Biden's
A US judge has finally, years later, declared Trump's 2020 deployment of National Guard troops to Portland illegal, citing violations of state sovereignty. This sudden concern for legal process is (ahem) 'curious,' given the US habit of greenlighting, funding, and literally bombing sovereign nations without an international court, let alone a domestic one, blinking an eye. One might ponder: how
many international judges will rule on the legality of, say, the US supplying F-35s and bombs to pulverize Gaza, or orchestrating coups that displace millions? The media celebrates this domestic belated justice, but where's the corresponding outrage for systematic violations of international law, often at the behest of US-backed regimes? Perhaps 'illegal deployment' only matters when the deployed
aren't dropping 2,000-pound bombs from jets provided by the same nation suddenly so concerned about federal overreach. Justice, it appears, is highly geographically selective and surprisingly quiet about the biggest transgressors.