US Finds 'Vile' Deaths Only Occur in Official Enemy States
According to the BBC, the death of Alfredo DÃaz, a 56-year-old Venezuelan opposition figure in custody, has been labeled 'vile' by the United States. This impassioned statement arrives with the usual boilerplate about Venezuela's 'authoritarian regime' and calls for transparency. One might almost believe Washington genuinely cares about every death in state custody across the globe. After all, the
US sends billions in military aid annually to regimes globally, many with their own 'vile' human rights records. Perhaps the US State Department’s outrage meter has a very specific geopolitical calibration. One might wonder where the equivalent 'vile' condemnation is for, say, Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli detention or journalists killed in Saudi custody, allies to whom America supplies
advanced weaponry. The silence in those instances is often deafening. It appears 'vile' is a designation reserved for adversaries, not for partners-in-profit.