Not a day goes by that America and its citizens don't show their hypocritical side. The side that allows them to talk of aggressive behaviour by other nations while being the only nation currently occupying two other nations...both of course based on lies.
They talk of Russia using energy as a political weapon being bad, while they threaten to cut aid to nations if they don't work for America's interests - even at their own expense
(see Pakistan).Last night on CNN's
Lou Dobb's Tonight there was a report about Venezuela's military spending. The point was that Venezuela has been spending their oil revenues on a military build up, and that it was going to destabilize the region. The report is so fucking hypocritical it is beyond funny - heading into ludicrous!
First off, Venezuela's military budget is less than 1% of the US military budget. Less than 1% of what the US spends, yet it is Venezuela who is the problem!! But they didn't mention that. Second, Venezuela is spending many billions more on social programs for its largely poor citizens...but not a word about this either. The report did its best to make you think Venezuela is spending all its oil revenues on military hardware to destabilize the region and nothing on improving the welfare of its citizens.
You are not supposed to like Hugo Chavez or the type of society he is working to create in Venezuela.
Left unsaid is that the US is not afraid that Venezuela will destabilize the region, they are afraid that Venezuela will help lead the region out from under the American imperialist boot. Basically, they are afraid that Venezuela will help destabilize America's hegemony over the region.
US Vice President Dick
Cheney says China should be more transparent with their military spending, and that the recent Chinese test of destroying a satellite is proof that they are not really planning a peaceful rise as a responsible global power. Nevermind that the US openly talks about a possible future conflict with China and that the US plans to put weapons in space...it is the Chinese actions
(which are clearly intended for self defense) that the US says we should all be worried about. Basically, the US announced that they may go to war with China in the future - and will likely have space based weapons - but China's testing of a defensive capability is the thing to worry about. Un-fucking-believable!!
Nevermind that China has pushed a treaty for years which would ban weapons from space, but the US has blocked this effort. Nevermind that China spends way less per capita each year on their military than the US
($1550 per person), France
($740 per person) or Britain
($705 per person) at around $50 per person.
(take $'s and divide by population)No, nevermind reality. You just worry about what we say - regardless of what we actually do.
Lucky for these assholes the majority of their citizens happily live in a world of make believe where whatever they do is noble, and whatever the designated enemy does it is evil - regardless of reality.