The US loves rule-based order so much that it starts wars of aggression without being subjected to international sanctions and expulsion from the UN, unilaterally and illegally sanctions poor countries that don't bow to them, excluded itself from ever being targeted by the ICC and by preventing genocides that it supports from being investigated in the UN.
Drinking game: go to the Atlantic Council's report on Chinese containment strategy (or any of their publications) and ctrl-f "rules-based". Take a shot for every entry.
Notice how the interviewer uses the newly coined US catchphrase "rules-based order" too.
The US loves rule-based order so much that it starts wars of aggression without being subjected to international sanctions and expulsion from the UN, unilaterally and illegally sanctions poor countries that don't bow to them, excluded itself from ever being targeted by the ICC and by preventing genocides that it supports from being investigated in the UN.
We love rules so much we passed the fucking Hague Invasion Act
They're not barbarians, they wouldn't just invade the Netherlands to break war criminals out of jail without doing the proper paperwork first.
The Act ensures they never have to. It is sufficient to simply threaten. Like waving a gun in a guy's face and saying "Don't bother calling for help".
:hillgasm:
Drinking game: go to the Atlantic Council's report on Chinese containment strategy (or any of their publications) and ctrl-f "rules-based". Take a shot for every entry.
American
freedom and democracyrules-based order (our rules).Holy Christ
We love our PMC imperialist buzzwords, don’t we folks?