By Hongshanke
At present, the U.S. is in the mire of COVID-19 epidemic, economic recession and protests and demonstrations. In such an unprecedented predicament, some U.S. politicians like its Secretary of State Mike Pompeo often shocked the world with hilarious acts and rhetoric instead of focusing their attention on the epidemic prevention and control, racial tension, and people’s lives. People can’t help asking: What on earth are these politicians doing?
Shifting the blame by starting rumors. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Americans have gravely suffered due to a few U.S. politicians’ irresponsible remarks. These politicians first brushed COVID-19 off as a flu, saying that the risk of infection in the U.S. is very low. Then they vowed solemnly that “when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away”. After that, they arbitrarily recommended hydroxychloroquine, disinfectant, and other treatment methods. As a result, the number of confirmed cases and death in the U.S. far surpassed that of other countries. Realizing that they could not account to U.S. citizens, these politicians shifted the blame on China by starting a rumor that “the virus was leaked from laboratories in China’s Wuhan”. They pointed their fingers at China to distract the public attention and transfer domestic crisis. Mr. Pompeo even attributed the failure in epidemic control to “China’s incomplete data” and even rallied other countries to blackmail China. This epidemic not only exposed thoroughly some U.S. politicians’ habit of telling lies, but also their logic as a bully.
“Playing dirty” by breaking their promise. Almost all top scientists and disease control experts, including U.S. chief infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony S. Fauci admitted that it could be inferred from the genome sequence that the virus originated from nature rather than being synthesized. But some politicians like Pompeo still ceaselessly slander China, which is absolutely not scientific inference or justified doubt, but pure discredit. On the other hand, U.S. politicians haven’t forgotten to put feathers in their own cap. When Wuhan was under the onslaught of COVID-19 in February, he promised to support China’s anti-epidemic endeavor with USD 100 million, but then he said he would earmark “at most” USD 100 million for China and other countries affected by COVID-19. These politicians only pay lip services to China, but when they scramble for the epidemic control materials, they are “modern pirates” who are never soft-hearted on their allies.
Abandoning justice by applying double standards. On last October 23, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to the violent crimes by rioters in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) as “a non-violent struggle for democracy and rule of law” and “a beautiful sight to behold”. Since the end of May, the U.S. has witnessed continuous mass protests incurred by the killing of George Floyd, but the man in power issued a tough warning that “When the looting starts, the shooting starts”. Some U.S. politicians pointed the finger and made unwarranted charges against the restrained and proper law enforcement by Hong Kong police, but required that its state governors “be tougher”, “arrest them”, and “track them”. While advocating “freedom”, “democracy” and “human rights” and flaunting themselves as the guardians of “universal value” and “international justice”, these U.S. politicians repeated the same old mistakes of “alternative blindness” and “alternative aphasia”. This double-standard way of behaving, which is so typical of the U.S., is nothing other than wantonly treading on the ethics of human civilization.
Making trouble by fanning the flames. Indifferent to domestic epidemic situation and people’s lives, some U.S. politicians are keen on fanning the flames. How agog are they to instigate and see chaos! On Taiwan-related issues, they blatantly congratulated on Tsai Ing-wen’s assumption of office and supported separatist forces; on Hong Kong-related issues, they instigated rioters in Hong Kong in their “violent struggle” by both covertly and overtly backing up and protecting them, and threatened sanctions against Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR on the pretext of opposing the national security law in Hong Kong adopted by National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature; on Xinjiang-related issues, the so-called “Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020”was signed into law on June 17, which constitutes a gross interference in China’s internal affairs and intentional incitation of ethnic conflicts.
Apart from setting traps and stumbling blocks for China, these politicians also flagrantly sabotaged international order by withdrawing from Paris Agreement, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Iran nuclear deal and Open Skies Treaty as well as UN Human Rights Council, UNESCO and WHO. Their words and deeds have greatly tarnished the image of the U.S., making it the real “saboteur of international order” and “trouble-maker”.