The United States will not condemn Israel’s genocidal policy against Palestinians because it only opposes genocide where it does not have hold on the perpetrators, an American writer and political analyst says.
The United States on Thursday hailed a promise from Saudi Arabia to scale down its air offensive against Yemen. White House spokesman Josh Earnest welcomed a statement that the year-old Saudi war on Yemen was nearing the “end of the major combat phase.”
“We have expressed our concerns about the loss of innocent life in Yemen, the violence there that is plaguing that country has caught too many innocent civilians in the crossfire,” Earnest said.
Commenting on this, Daniel Patrick Welch said, “The hypocrisy that wafts from this is just so odious. It’s incredible to listen.”
“It’s the same thing as what you heard Kerry saying the other day that ‘Daesh is committing against Christians and Shias in Syria.’ These are the people that…