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America has the cheek to question India’s human rights record, in spite of other glaring examples in the neighborhood. But have they looked in their backyard lately?
The State Department which is acting all holier-than-thou has recently released a report on its efforts to "promote democracy and human rights". But a coherent and non-hypocritical policy is the least we can expect from the State Department, right?
"Although the report was critical of U.S. allies such as Pakistan and
Saudi Arabia, the nearly 300-page document also illustrated exceptions
to the administration’s pledge to make human rights the hallmark of its
bilateral relations. Libya, for instance, was harshly condemned as
"among the world’s worst violators of human rights," but in the past
year the administration has lifted economic sanctions and begun to
normalize relations with Libya after it gave up its programs to build
weapons of mass destruction."
This deserves a second mention. It isn’t about pointing out our shortcomings and overlooking Saudi or Pakistan’s blatant human rights records. Abu Gharib is conveniently forgotten.
by Patrix | on Tuesday, March 29th, 2005 at 8:00 pm | 
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March 29th, 2005 at 10:07 pm reply
This is part of the old, old problem. Well written, to-the-point.
March 30th, 2005 at 5:10 am reply
Isn’t this usual American style Big-Brotherism?
March 30th, 2005 at 6:37 am reply
“If they do it, it’s terrorism. If we do it, it’s counter-terrorism.”- Noam Chomsky
March 30th, 2005 at 10:49 am reply
Gabby - Thanks. Old problems doesn’t mean we can’t mention them again in the hope that someone pops up with a solution.
Charu - Unfortunately, it is; too bad they haven’t learnt from history that bigger they are, harder they fall.
Ashutosh - Excellent quote. Thanks…typical of “with us or against us” doctrine.