August 10, 2019, Global Research (Canada)
https://www.globalresearch.ca/criminal-embargoes-venezuela-iran-crosshairs-murderers-inc-who-next/5686080
Imagine just for a moment, the World
would stand up in unison, sick and tired of the aggressive killer arrogance of
the United States and her vassals – and their joint war-force called NATO – and
this World, our World, what’s left of it when you deduct Washington and its
Brussels allies, would at once block every shipment of everything destined for
the ports of the United States of America; every sea port, airport and road
port. Hermetically. Nothing would enter. Nothing, no food, no medicine, no
electronics, no cars – no nothing. And nothing could leave. No exports, no
petrol, no grains, no meat, no pharmaceuticals and foremost, no weapons.
Nothing.
And now, take your mind a step
further – and imagine the same – exactly the same, a total and full blockage of
Israel – nothing would enter, no food, no fuel, no medication, no machinery and
especially no weapons – and nothing would leave; a full and total blockage.
This would of course be totally
illegal; illegal and unacceptable, by any international law, by the standards
of the UN Charter, by the Human Rights Laws and Directives – by any ethical
values of human morals. Wouldn’t it? – Yet, this is exactly what these
countries are doing, have been doing for decades, sanctioning to strangle and
murder entire populations into death or submission. The US with Cuba; Israel
with Palestine. And the coercion and
strangulation go on, unabated.
The longest embargo – illegal,
inhuman and outright criminal – Washington imposed on Cuba – 60 years. Because
Cuba has chosen socialism as her form of state and government. Cuba survived
and will never give in to the tyrant of the north.
Now the US is expanding her palette
of killing by impunity to dominate and subjugate nation after nation which they
do not consider bending sufficiently to the dictate of their masters. Venezuela
has been targeted for two decades, ever since former President Hugo Chavez was
democratically elected in 1998; and Iran, ever since the US-imposed Shah was
deposed in 1979 – exactly 40 years ago – by Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Both
Venezuela and Iran are rich in natural resources, especially hydrocarbons but
also in gold, rare earths and other precious metals and stones.
Contrary to what one would like to
imagine, international world bodies, like the United Nations and her sister and
associated organizations remain just about silent. When a high-level official
utters some benign criticism of the US or Israel – it flairs up for a moment in
the ‘news’, then it disappears again, as if it never happened. And indeed,
nothing happens. They – the US and Israel – go on with their crimes in
impunity.
The latest is an open declaration of
economic warfare by Washington, a total embargo on Venezuela; the embargo is
now being turned into a naval blockade. Similar steps are to be taken for Iran.
That literally means that no merchandise – no matter how vital for survival,
like food and medication, is allowed into Venezuela. Three days ago, the US
seized, totally illegally, a cargo ship attempting to deliver food and
medication to Venezuela – in the Panama Canal, territory which the US does not
own or control anymore.
The ship was carrying soy cakes,
from which Venezuela was to produce food. Never mind, that the cargoes are
fully paid for by Venezuela. And this seems to be just the beginning. Vessels
leaving Venezuela with petrol deliveries to client countries are also targeted
for blockage, thus confiscating, or rather stealing, Venezuela’s main source of
income on which she intends to survive and feed and provide health care for her
people. This, in addition to the more than 130 billion dollars total Venezuelan
assets confiscated – stolen – by the US worldwide.
And nobody says beep. Almost. Yes,
there are some collective protests by countries in solidarity – like key
members of the Sao Paulo Forum, as well as more than 60 members of the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM – total 120 members) that have become especially
active in recent years in defense of Venezuela within the United Nations.
Protests and protest declarations also take place by ALBA members, a Latin
American trade alliance (ALBA – Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, 11 members
[Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Ecuador, Antigua and
Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Grenada and the
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis]).
>But most interesting are the
hypocrites, those who write and scream that Venezuelans are starving to death,
that the Maduro government neglects its people – yet these
accusers-in-falsehood – let the US and her vassals strangle Venezuela and steal
her foreign assets, including foreign reserves and gold, food and medical
imports – they are saying zilch, nada, nothing. Just watching.
To top it all off, the Human Rights
Commissioner, Madame Michelle Bachelet, Hypocrite-in-chief,
who recently visited Venezuela, at the invitation of President Nicolas Maduro,
on a Human Rights mission, and who delivered a devastating report about
Venezuela’s HR, full of lies, half-truths and outright omissions, not
mentioning with one word the US inspired coup attempts, the US-funded
opposition and its bloody atrocities perpetrated on the Chavista population,
and the strangulating and starving by the US and US-dictated European sanctions
– Madame Bachelet now came forward condemning the naval blockade. Great. But
she did not stand up against the deadly embargo by the US and the European Union.
– What credibility remains for the Human Rights Commission? – The world can see
it – it’s all bought, coerced into submission, like so many other UN agencies
by the Murderers Inc.
If we are not careful, they are soon
going to rule the globe. Thanks god, for Russia and China – which are also
subjects of US-EU sanctioning and targeted for take-over. But they are a tiny
little bit too big and too strong for this sort of games by the decaying US
empire and her obedient rats on the sinking ship.
Similarly, the European Union –
despots as they have been for hundreds of years as colonialists in Africa, Asia
and Latin America – and continue in a modern colonial role through economic
control of much of Africa – this very EU, has been sanctioning Venezuela for
years on the orders of Washington, naturally, who else? – Now they condemn the
naval blockade, but continue their routine sanctions regime.
According to a study carried out by
the Washington DC based Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), under
guidance of Mark Weisbrot, CEPR co-director and Jeffrey Sachs, economics
professor, Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University,
New York, US and EU sanctions have cost some 40,000 Venezuelan lives. This
mainly since August 2017, when Washington escalated its unilateral coercive
measures against Venezuela and her state oil company, PDVSA, cutting them off
international financial markets.
Yes, the world would have plenty of
reasons to stand up and dish out similar naval and air blockades against the US
and Israel. Just as a teaser to begin with, and if that doesn’t send a strong
enough wake-up message, perhaps such embargoes should be considered on a
longer-term indefinite scale. It’s illegal. But we are living in a world where
international laws don’t count – where laws are made, as we go, by the
self-declared hegemon, the US of A, and her symbiotic Middle East ally, Israel.
– So, why not nudging the legal, moral and ethical order back into balance?
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*Peter
Koenig is an economist and geopolitical analyst. He is also a water resources
and environmental specialist. He worked for over 30 years with the World Bank
and the World Health Organization around the world in the fields of environment
and water. He lectures at universities in the US, Europe and South America. He
writes regularly for Global Research; ICH; RT; Sputnik; PressTV; The 21st Century;
TeleSUR; The Saker Blog, the New Eastern Outlook (NEO); and other internet
sites. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller
about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed – fiction based on facts and on 30
years of World Bank experience around the globe. He is also a co-author of The World Order and Revolution! –
Essays from the Resistance. He is a Research Associate of the Centre
for Research on Globalization.
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