US lawmakers make fools of themselves passing HK act
The passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act on Tuesday by the US House of Representatives is both dangerous and laughable.
The move is another manifestation of the United States' interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation, while Washington itself is busy conducting a witch-hunt into foreign meddling in US politics.
No one should be misled by the bill's garnishing with words such as "human rights" and "democracy" since US politicians are experts in hijacking moral high ground. After all, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003 and its instigation of regime change in Libya in 2011 were all to "spread freedom and democracy". And we all know what that means. The US supported and called Osama Bin Laden a "freedom fighter" in the 1980s when he was fighting the then Soviet Union instead of the US.
