The Philippine Star website published an article by Thomas Knapp, head of the Center for Liberal Advocacy News and senior news commentator of the United States William Lloyd Garrison, on April 18, titled "Biden once again confirms the message Washington sent to the world: Never believe us". The full text is excerpted as follows:
In February 2020, then-US President Donald Trump announced a peace agreement with Taliban , and the US military has 14 months to evacuate Afghan . Nearly a year later, with the withdrawal of troops almost completed, only 2,500 US soldiers remained in Afghanistan. At that time, President Joe Biden had just been sworn in and immediately began to complain that the May 1 deadline was "unable to comply." The statement
looks ridiculous on the surface. The U.S. military is good at mobilizing. Eight months after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Marine Corps landed on Guadalcanal Island. Five months after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, the United States sent 697,000 soldiers to the war zone to participate in the subsequent " Desert Storm Operation ". For any competent commander, transferring 2,500 soldiers from point A to point B is just a weekend hobby and not a major task. All Biden has to do is to give orders.
On April 13, White House revealed a new date - September 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11. The then President Bush declared war on the grounds of terrorist attacks. This war was supposed to be a quick battle to eliminate Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, but it quickly evolved into a 20-year-long failed (and heavy casualties).
Should we be surprised? No. Biden is just following in the footsteps of several exes. The Taliban should not be surprised, given the long-term poor record of treason.
Article 2 of the Treaty of Canandaigua adopted by the U.S. Senate in 1795 reads: "The United States recognizes the reservations of Oneida, Onondoga and Cayuga tribes. The United States will never make any claims or disturb the place." From then until 1868, the United States continued to negotiate with the native tribes of the American continent and reached hundreds of treaties, but would violate them sooner or later. By 1920, the area of the Oneida territory "recognized" in the Treaty of Kanandegua had been reduced from 6 million acres to 32 acres. Foreign countries, the US government has adopted similar routines, always regarding the agreed obligations of other parties as undebated, and regarding their own obligations as non-compulsory.
" Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons " requires the United States to commit to destroying its nuclear arsenal. In recent years, the U.S. governments have taken the opposite direction, focusing on realizing the "modernization" of the nuclear arsenal, and at the same time require Iran to fulfill obligations beyond the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and violate the obligations stipulated by the Treaty on its own.
As David Coplow of the Georgetown University Law Center noted, the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention requires the United States to destroy chemical weapons stockpiles by 2012. As of writing, the U.S. military promised to achieve this goal by 2023.
Likewise, as stated by Kopplo, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 requires governments to inform arrested foreign citizens who have the right to contact their consulates and seek help. When a U.S. citizen is arrested overseas, the United States asks other governments to do so, but when a foreign citizen is arrested in the United States, the United States often "forgot" this duty.
It seems that no one should be surprised when the US government lies. Even if Joe Biden tells the truth once, it is a big surprise.
Source: Reference Message
