This week, US President Biden, claimed he had “no confidence” in the Palestinian death toll and even stated “I’m sure innocents have been killed, and it’s the price of waging a war.” His words confirmed what ICHRP-US has been witnessing during his presidency – that the US condones war crimes committed by its own security forces or its allies’ forces done with US material support. The callousness of Biden’s words is appalling as the US’ ally Israel has brutalized the Palestinian people of Gaza with airstrikes and deprived the people of food, water, electricity and fuel imposing a death sentence on those not killed in the bombings.
The same callousness has been expressed by the administration when Filipino people’s organizations and their allies, including ICHRP-US, have demanded a halt of US military aid to the Philippines. Military aid has been used to commit human rights violations and war crimes against civilians as part of the Philippine government’s counterinsurgency program. US government officials have claimed their hands are tied especially as they fan the flame of tension with the Chinese government. The US needs the Philippines as a physical base in a potential conflict with China and does not value the lives lost to red-tagging, extrajudicial killings, and indiscriminate bombings enough to do more then feign concern.
Not surprisingly, Biden also warned China this week that it would defend the Philippines if China attacks. It is hard to find sincerity in those words when it is clear the US has the most to gain from military victory over China including economic and military superiority in the Asia region. At the losing end would be the ordinary Filipino who would have nowhere to hide, and even less access to already scarce food and resources if the US were to go to war with China.
We stand with the Palestinian and Filipino people demanding an end to US support to the Israel and Philippine states!
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