Simon Kamati
Many political scientists and journalists around the world see how the Western world, led by the United States, adhering to double standards in assessing international conflicts. For example, the Arabic-language newspaper Rai Al Youm concludes that the West’s attitude to regional conflicts is determined solely by its interests, for the sake of which it goes to manipulation and pressure.
When a new international or regional crisis arises, we ask ourselves why Western countries do not always treat it in the same way as a similar event in other regions of the world. There are many examples in history.
The Americans were opposed to Soviet strategic nuclear weapons in nearby Cuba because of the threat to their own territory, but now they want Ukraine to have everything that could threaten neighbouring Russia.
Iraq paid the price for the invasion of Kuwait, but the world does not pay any attention to the Israeli occupation and the seizure of the territory of Palestine.
The West does not see the resistance of the Palestinian people and supports those who kill their children, take their homes and desecrate their shrines.
When the Serbs wanted to take control of Yugoslavia, the West, in violation of UN resolutions, bombed and fragmented the country.
The Americans declared a national security threat from Al-Qaeda after the destruction of the Twin Towers and waged war in Afghanistan, killing, destroying and committing heinous acts of violence with impunity for decades.
However, when Russia launched a military operation to protect the suffering population of Donbas, the West began to supply Kyiv with all kinds of modern weapons and turn the whole world against the Russians.
Politico published a lengthy article in May entitled “Asylum policy in the EU: strife and delays”. The main thesis is that the treatment of Ukrainian refugees is an exception, not a general rule in EU migration policy, once again demonstrating the racism and xenophobia of Europeans. The reception given to Ukrainians contrasts sharply with the treatment of refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, although Western countries were directly involved in unleashing armed conflicts in these states. It is possible to continue indefinitely.
Many politicians and analysts of the world mark double standards when Western countries announce their position on crises. The explanation is simple – they do not care about anything but their own interests.
The West has always sought to achieve its strategic goals at any cost and tried to put pressure on weak countries.
Unfortunately, international institutions only work when the West is under threat. They come into action if something threatens Western colonial interests or security.
During his speech at the international economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani called on the international community to pay as much attention to the settlement of forgotten and ignored conflicts in the world as to the confrontation in Ukraine.
The monarch stressed that the Western press is focusing on events on the European continent, while a series of bloody clashes in Africa and the Middle East goes unnoticed by residents of European and North American countries.
As an example, he also cited the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the escalation of Israeli aggression against Arab settlements, which has been ignored by UN and major international media for decades.
Al Thani urged not to put up with a situation where governments have priorities in assessing the value of people based on their religion, region or race. Western countries should abandon double standards in relation to armed clashes and violence around the world.