According to the Global Times, since Russia launched a special military activity to Ukraine on the 24th, a number of Western countries led by the United States have met urgently to jointly condemn Russia, and then launched joint sanctions. In the face of Ukrainian refugees, Western countries have shown deep "sympathy" and extended a helping hand to them.
As for the resistance in Ukraine, the West also praised and gave corresponding assistance. However, this series of practices in the West today is very different from that of its time in the Middle East. The Global Times quoted foreign media as saying: "This has aroused discontent throughout the Middle East, and many Middle Easterners believe that there are obvious double standards in the West in dealing with international conflicts." ”
Turkey is located in the Middle East, close to the turbulent regions of the Middle East, and also across the sea from Ukraine. For a long time, Turkey has played an extremely important role in the refugee crisis, and Turkey has the most say in the refugee policy adopted by the United States and Western countries. In recent days, the Turkish media have suddenly spoken out, pointing out that the United States and many Western countries have diametrically opposed attitudes toward refugees, breaking the double standards of the West.
Guangming Network quoted Turkey's Anadolu News Agency as news, on March 28, the news agency with the title of "European countries to accept Ukrainian refugees to do mobilization", detailed the European resettlement measures and policies for Ukrainian refugees.
In the article, the Turkish media pointed out that in order to relieve Ukrainian refugees, many European countries have specially allocated corresponding financial budgets, providing great convenience for Ukrainian refugees from transportation, medical treatment, residence and other aspects, and at the same time, in terms of accepting refugees, the West has also shown great enthusiasm. Many media have concluded the Western move as "embracing with open arms" and "unprecedented enthusiasm", which is enough to see the attitude of Western countries towards Ukrainian refugees.
However, the Turkish media also pointed out that contrary to the attitude towards Ukrainian refugees, most European countries not only do not provide any welfare assistance to Middle Eastern refugees, but also adopt a series of restrictive measures to the influx of Middle Eastern refugees, including even the use of force. The Turkish media believes that this fully demonstrates the hypocrisy of the West and the discrimination against refugees in the Middle East.
As refugees, why is the West so enthusiastic about Ukrainian refugees and outrageously indifferent to Middle Eastern refugees? Guangming Network quoted the Turkish Radio Corporation as saying that the West regards Ukrainian refugees as its own people and Middle Eastern refugees as "threats", and the problem lies in "race, culture and religious beliefs." Because in these respects, Ukraine is closer and more similar to the West.
Not only refugees, but also the actions and attitudes of Western countries towards Middle Eastern countries have also made countries in the Middle East angry. In early March, Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahler angrily pointed out the Western double standard based on anger in a forum in Turkey and argued that the United States was too hypocritical. He said that in the past 70 years, Israel has occupied Palestinian territory, but the United States has never sanctioned Israel, and the United States has been surprisingly efficient in sanctioning Russia, taking only five days.
Many Palestinian voices also believe that not only that, but the United States is also desperately trying to prevent the resistance of the Palestinian people, resulting in millions of Palestinians being forced to live under martial law.
In addition, countries in the Middle East generally believe that the US double standard is also reflected in the war in Afghanistan and iraq. Marzuki, director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the Prince Saud Al-Faisal Institute of Foreign Affairs in Saudi Arabia, said there was "no difference" between the U.S. war in Iraq in 2003 and the current war in Ukraine. ”
He believes that the US invasion of Iraq is allowed, while Russia's military action against Ukraine is severely punished, which is difficult to understand. He also pointed out that in the era of colonialism, Europe always carried with it so-called "moral superiority" to justify "its expansionism, its struggle for wealth and the hegemony of the colonized countries", which is still the case today.