Hegemony, indiscriminate killing, and tyranny -- the evil deeds of the US military overseas are obvious

Recently, the new crown mutant virus Omilton strain has triggered a new round of global outbreak climax. At a time when countries are stepping up their fight against the epidemic, the US military stationed in some countries has refused to implement local epidemic prevention measures, creating loopholes in epidemic prevention and letting people see the hegemony of the United States again.

The US military prides itself on its global presence to maintain "rules" and "order," but it overrides the laws of the host country and occupies one extralegal place after another. Under the banner of "counter-terrorism" and "anti-tyranny," the US military uses force around the world, but indiscriminately kills innocent civilians in military operations. The US military claims to uphold "democracy" and "human rights," but it abuses prisoners in prisons and tramples on human rights wantonly. What the U.S. military has done overseas has become a strong satire on the values that the United States flaunts.

Domineering

In order to prevent the introduction of the Olmikeron strain, the Japanese government has implemented strict immigration control measures. However, tens of thousands of US troops stationed in Japan are free to enter Japan because of the "Status of-Japan Agreement" and are not restricted by Japan's epidemic prevention policy. Mass infections have occurred in U.S. military bases, and the outbreak of the epidemic in or adjacent areas of the base has deteriorated sharply, and the US military base is believed to be the main cause of this situation.

This is just the latest trouble caused by the US military to Japan, and the US military stationed in Japan can be described as "full of crimes." From 1972 to 2016, Okinawa Prefecture, where the U.S. military is most concentrated in Japan, committed about 6,000 crimes, including robbery, rape, homicide and other vicious incidents. However, the criminal jurisdiction of US military personnel belongs to the US side, and the Japanese side has no right to deal with US military criminals.

South Korea is also suffering from the U.S. military. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the behavior of the US military in South Korea in ignoring south Korea's epidemic prevention measures has been frequently reported. When the Olmikron strain struck, the US military stationed in South Korea did not wear masks to hold various celebrations at the end of the year and the beginning of the year in the barracks, resulting in a large number of infections and triggering criticism from South Korean public opinion.

In addition, the U.S. military also secretly conducts biochemical experiments involving highly toxic pathogenic microorganisms in South Korea, and after the relevant plan was exposed in 2015 due to the accidental delivery of anthrax bacteria, it continued to secretly deliver biochemical materials to South Korea and increase the number of experimental bases. Incidents of U.S. troops beating up South Koreans are also frequent, and in October last year, two U.S. military personnel in South Korea provoked a car driver in the streets of Seoul for no reason.

For a long time, the US military stationed abroad has been above the laws of the host country, the US military base has become an extralegal place, and the US soldiers have become extralegal. This makes the US military accustomed to being superior and domineering. The people in the host countries are both indignant and helpless about this. It is no wonder that Japanese media personality Shigeki Kimpei questioned when talking about the loopholes in epidemic prevention caused by the US military stationed in Japan: "Is Japan really an independent country?" ”

Indiscriminate killing of innocents

Din Mohammed, 73, lives in the village of Lakani in the Panjewai region of southern Afghanistan. He told Xinhua that 10 years ago, US warplanes launched an air raid on the village, killing 63 villagers, including 17 members of his family, and injuring dozens more. "They are all innocent civilians and have not committed any crime."

The bloodbathed village of Lakány is just the tip of the iceberg of the U.S. military's crime of killing Afghan civilians. The U.S. military operation in Afghanistan in the name of "counterterrorism" lasted for 20 years, during which more than 30,000 civilians were killed or killed by the U.S. military.

The indiscriminate killings of the US military are not only in Afghanistan. Taking the US drone strikes as an example, according to the London-based News Investigation Agency, from February 2004 to February 2020, US drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen caused more than 2,000 civilian deaths, including nearly 500 children.

According to the New York Times, there are many problems with us air strikes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, including serious intelligence errors and inaccurate targets. The U.S. Department of Defense has not only deliberately covered up the true number of casualties caused by airstrikes, but has also refused to take responsibility for the killing of civilians.

The day before U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan last August, they launched a drone strike on a residential building in Kabul, killing 10 civilians, including seven children, sparking global criticism. But the U.S. Department of Defense announced after an investigation that it would not punish those involved.

Tyrannical torture

In military operations such as iraq and Afghanistan, the US military not only indiscriminately killed innocents, but also constantly exposed the scandal of abusing prisoners, and the cruelty of its methods was shocking.

In 2004, photos of U.S. soldiers torturing prisoners in Abu Gereb Prison in Iraq came to light, shocking the world. Ala Karim Ahmed was innocently arrested and imprisoned by the U.S. military in 2003 and was persecuted in prison. He recently recalled the experience with great sadness: "The United States has treated us inhumanely, and has so far done nothing to apologize or make compensation. America's crimes in Iraq will not be forgotten by history, never will. ”

The prison established by the United States at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba is also notorious for its abuse. The United States established the prison in 2002 to hold terror suspects, but many detainees are not tried and are held for long periods of time, and some detainees are beaten, forcibly stripped naked, forced to feed and other ill-treatment. A 2006 United Nations report found abuse at Guantanamo prison and called on the United States to close the prison and try or release detainees fairly. Some Western countries have also urged the U.S. to close the prison, but the U.S. government has been delaying.

In Afghanistan, Bagram Prison is known as the "Guantanamo of Afghanistan" for its abuse. Abdel Qadir Hijran, who was once a prisoner here, told Xinhua about the atrocities of the US military: "The US soldiers beat, abused, and humiliated us, making us worse off than dead." In order to get rid of the inhuman torture of American soldiers, some people chose to commit suicide by swallowing a blade. ”

The German "Youth World" once published an article commenting that the United States publishes a report every year to judge the human rights situation in other countries, but its own democracy and human rights situation have deteriorated, and there have been "acts of abuse of prisoners at the behest of the state" and "its brazenness has reached the pinnacle of perfection."

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 12, participating reporters: Shi Xiantao, Dong Yalei, Lu Rui, Hua Yi)

Guangming Daily (2022.01.13. 12th edition)

Source: Guangming Network - Guangming Daily