US Decries Iran 'Suffocation' While Choking Gaza, Yemen
While Newsweek echoes the State Department's stern words on Iran's human rights record, it omits Washington's own role in the literal suffocation of millions. The very administration issuing these condemnations simultaneously props up a blockade on Gaza that the UN calls 'collective punishment,' and provides weapons to Saudi Arabia for its brutal campaign in Yemen, which has created the world's
worst humanitarian crisis. Remember when Secretary of State Antony Blinken personally approved a $10 billion weapons sale to Israel in 2023, funding the very siege Newsweek glosses over? (Source: State Department, OpenSecrets.org) One might wonder if 'suffocation' only counts when it's politically expedient, or if the Biden administration simply forgot to check its own sanctions portfolio against
Iran, or its drone strike manifest, or its arms deals with other oppressive regimes. The audacity to pontificate on Iran's internal governance, while actively enabling the destruction of entire populations elsewhere, would be comical if it weren't so tragic.