The Bellicose and Bellicose Policies of America have Undermined the Democratic Process in the World
U.S. Iran policy pleases Israel and Saudi Arabia, not the
Iranian people who are suffering terribly from sanctions
Mujeeb Khan
Protest in Iran September 2022
Hong Kong, protest Aug30, 2019
Ukraine's war with Russia |
If it is said that America’s hawkish and
war-mongering policy has damaged the process of democracy in the world, then it
will not be an exaggeration, but this is a fact, and it is also seen in America
and Europe. It was the policy of America that the process of economic reforms
should continue in China. And the Chinese government promoted economic reforms.
China was opening to Western investment and companies. Along with economic reforms,
political reforms also started in China. Internet was becoming popular in China;
social networking was on the rise. The strong grip on freedom of expression was
also slightly loosened. Hong Kong was kept by China under the British era system; it is called the one country and two systems. And it was working very well. China had not
interfered in Hong Kong as much as the United States had begun to interfere in
Hong Kong. In view of this, China was forced to take measures to reduce the freedom
of the media. US intervention in Hong Kong was in the interest of its
short-sighted foreign policy, but in the long term, Hong Kong citizens had to pay a heavy price. Their freedom was curtailed. China has never intervened
in Taiwan. Mainland China is a major trading partner of Taiwan. China did not
set any conditions for making Taiwan its trading partner. The current government
of Taiwan has elected twice, strongly against China, by getting close to America,
it became an enemy of China’s interests, but China did not try to install its
own man in Taiwan by interfering in Taiwan’s elections. If America were in
China’s place, it would have rigged the elections and installed its own man in
Taiwan. But China respected Taiwan’s people’s democratic system and has not
sabotaged their system in its own interests. America’s policy of confrontation
with China has forced the Chinese government to roll back its political reforms, and political freedoms must curb. China’s Political reform has dealt a huge blow by
America’s unwise policy. To promote our democratic values, it is necessary to
have a democratic attitude.
When the Iranian
people come to the streets, they loot and burn. America supports them when the
Iranian people overwhelmingly elect reformists for change while staying within
the system through peaceful means. There is no meaningful change in America’s
attitude even under a reformist government. Mohammed Fatemi a reformist
elected president of Iran twice, did reforms. America should have relaxed
the sanctions on Iran under his administration. This would have helped build a
powerful base of moderates and reformists in Iran. Moderates and reformists
failed to win the next elections, and this time the ultra-conservative Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad was elected, he was also elected for the second time as Iran’s President. After the
Ultra-conservatives in Iran, the Iranian people once again elected a moderate
and reformist Hassan Rouhani by a large majority. President Rouhani signed an agreement
‘with the United States and the European Union to end Iran’s nuclear program.
Under this agreement, the economic sanctions on Iran would lift. Iran’s nuclear
program was compromised by the Obama administration. But the Trump administration
terminated the Iran deal at the insistence of Israel’s rogue Prime Minister
Netanyahu. President Trump made the Israeli leader happy, but the far-reaching
consequences of this mistake were unhappy. Hardline ultraconservatives in Iran
strengthened. After the nuclear deal was terminated by the United States, Iran
resumed work on its nuclear program. The US's stiff economic sanctions on Iran were
strangling the Iranian people. America’s policy was to strengthen the hardline conservatives.
Ebrahim Raisi Iran’s next president is the second hardline ultraconservative
president in 22 years. America’s Iran policy pleased the Israeli hawkish
conservative Benjamin Netanyahu and the Saudi conservative government. But this
US policy is hurting moderates and reformists in Iran. It would be in the interests
of the reformists if the economic sanctions on Iran were lifted. Iran’s democratic system
has a tussle between two political sections hardline ultraconservatives and
moderate and reformists, both are trying to dominate each other which is a good
thing in a democratic framework. But nobody in Iran wants to go back to 1979.
In Russia, President Putin’s interest was in political
economy. Oil and gas were the pillars of this economy, with the development of the economy, political institutions would develop- democracy and freedom would
spread in Russia. It may have had its difficulties, but it was the sure future
of Russia. America and NATO’s political wars have damaged democracy and freedom
in Russia. China has not damaged democracy and freedom anywhere in the
post-Cold War world as America and NATO destroyed democracy and freedom in
the world. On the performance of the Russian troops in the Ukraine war, pundits in
America say that the Russian troops not trained are right, because no one
thought that Russia would have to fight a war like the second world war in Europe
one day. Most Eastern European countries had joined NATO, but Russia did not
expect war. Russia was a major trading partner of the European Union. Russia
was a major trading partner of Germany. Russia did not even think that when
America was giving military training in Ukraine, these Ukrainian troops would fight
against Russia.