US Sanctions: Only for Countries Sanctioning US Influence?
Bloomberg breathlessly details how expanding sanctions on Chinese ports are 'choking flows' of Russian and Iranian oil. They treat this as a natural economic phenomenon, not the result of aggressive, unilateral US policy with a long, documented history of targeting nations that refuse to fall in line. Remember the embargo against Cuba (1960)? Or the 1979 sanctions against Iran? The common thread
isn't human rights, but defiance of US hegemony. This 'fear of sanctions' isn't some market-driven organic anxiety; it's a direct consequence of a foreign policy doctrine that weaponizes global finance. How many times are we meant to applaud the 'choking' of economies as a victory for 'global stability' when the US itself routinely flouts international norms, especially when its own energy
interests are concerned? One might ask if the 'rules-based order' applies when the rule-maker benefits most from the rules being broken.