Comment by lmm
4 months ago
> The British, French and Israelis literally went to war against Egypt over the Suez.
> They only backed up when the US told the Brits and France they would tank their economies still on US life support.
But they did back off. The US was willing to stand up for Egyptian sovereignty even against their own allies. That isn't an example of non-western countries being unable to enact protectionist policies, it's an example of the opposite.
Stand up for Egyptian sovereignty? The U.S. unseated the UK as one of the dominant forces in the region and controlled the Middle East ever since.
I suppose installing el-Sisi is also an example of protecting Egyptian sovereignty:
https://www.cato.org/commentary/ten-years-after-coup-us-stil...
The article is about Dutch, that is European, piracy under the pretense of sovereignty.
My example is about European piracy under the pretense of that foreign ownership supersedes sovereignty.
That is to say, hypocrisy.
The US' role was, of course, hypocritical. I mention it only to illustrate that even the US found the european actions blatantly imperialist.
> The article is about Dutch, that is European, piracy under the pretense of sovereignty.
> My example is about European piracy under the pretense of that foreign ownership supersedes sovereignty.
The British and French did something wrong 70 years ago and the world called them out for it, therefore it's hypocritical for the Dutch to call out a similar wrong thing being done against them now? Nonsense.