US says China, Iran, Russia are 'forces for instability'

[TomSea]

US says China, Iran, Russia are 'forces for instability'
By: MATTHEW LEE, JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press
Published: Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 1:02 PM

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is lashing out at China, Iran, Russia and North Korea for being "forces of instability" because of human rights abuses of their own citizens and others.

In its annual global human rights reports released on Friday, the State Department singled out the four countries for egregious rights violations, including restricting the freedoms of speech and assembly and allowing or committing violence against religious, ethnic and other minority groups. It said that countries that undermine the fundamental dignity of people are "morally reprehensible" and harm U.S. interests.

"The governments of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, for example, violate the human rights of those within their borders on a daily basis and are forces of instability as a result," acting Secretary of State John Sullivan said in an introduction to the reports — one for each country and territory in the world. He said the U.S. aims to lead by example and promotes good governance, anti-corruption efforts and the rule of law.

Read more at: https://www.whio.com/news/national-govt--politics/says-china-iran-russia-are-forces-for-instability/Zj9yZ8FpfvzdFVfo1yPA0M/

[Oceander]

Duh

[Jazzhead]

Sounds like John Bolton is having some influence.   Of course all four of those nations do not respect the individual liberties and violate the human rights of their citizens,  but to lump all four as "forces for instability" is interesting.   Two rogue nations and their enablers.   

This seems quite unlike the isolationism that some Trump supporters believe the President represents.   Is America wary of these nations,  or is it our policy to contain or roll back their influence?    The first is isolationism.  The second, containment, is straight from the pre-Reagan Cold War,  and the final - rolling back of their influence - is neoconservatism.

Let's not fail to see the influence the Trumpian form of engagement has wrought:  North Korea is prepared to finally talk about fundamental issues.   Saudia Arabia is under new leadership and has hinted that indeed Israel may have the right to exist.   ISIS has been driven from Iraq,  and the three great nations that are and have always represented "forces for stability" for Western civilization - Britain, America and France - teamed up to deliver a military blow to Russia's sadistic lickspittle.

We live in interesting times.   Trump is beseiged at home,  hated by an opposition party who literally seek his demise,  and facing a corrupt senior law enforcement bureaucracy willing to play its role in a silent coup.   But he still has the ability to shape foreign policy and project American power, and is apparently willing to do so by employing a card that hasn't been played in a while - unpredictability.   



   

[TomSea]

It can't be said enough, and the Russians have accused us of causing "instability", their media has at least.