Disconnected from the rest of the global south and taken in by western neoliberal propaganda. Probably because US has a lot of sway over them and even the leftish countries play suck up when democrats are in charge, like Brazil and Mexico.
Couldnβt tell you more than that. Do they have a very negligible Arab or Muslim population? If Trump was president during this I bet it would look different as Lula and AMLO would have better sense and less ties
Next time someone calls Pakistan a lap dog of the US, just show them this map. There is not another country on the planet that toes the imperial line and yet at the same time, for all intents and purposes, cucks the US when it suits them.
I get that people on here and on the βleftβ world over fault them for, I donβt know what, being the only muslim nuclear power in Asia, not publicly supplying the Palestinians with weapons or like, atomic bombs? but itβs quite honestly such a complex geopolitical entity that Iβm surprised the US is constantly thirsting over taking over Iran all the time instead of managing their weird bdsm relationship with Pakistan. But after all, the MIC only loves money and oil and destabilization and the absolute destruction of Israel and the entire region is not a concern
There is not another country on the planet that toes the imperial line and yet at the same time, for all intents and purposes, cucks the US when it suits them.
Turkey does this a lot too, which is why lots of westerners hate Erdogan nearly as much as they hate the Putin
My criticism of the Pakistani government is mostly surrounding its role in the War on Terror and its complicity, but I also hold equal criticism of Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, The Gulf States, Egypt and others when they act as agents of US foreign policy against the interests of their own people. Pakistan is not alone in doing this.
I liked Khan a lot, would like to see more of a return in that direction.
It's not even that anyone here would be against criticism of China's nationalism and policies regarding ethnic and religious minorities.
The fact it's Adrian fucking Zenz and his anecdotal word regarding a country and region he exclusively does not live in is what killed any credibility of the story whatsoever.
It's best described as compulsory (re)education for at-risk adults. And it's also successfully concluded; the schools have been closed for over four years.
Westerners have settler-colonialism in their cultural DNA. When they see boarding schools for ethnic minorities, they can't help but project their own genocidal history and intent. But it's not a fair comparison. Schools for First Nations people in North America would beat children for speaking their native tongue, whereas the ones in Xinjiang improved literacy in the indigenous languages.
Is this "footage of concentration camps" in the room with us now? The only videos I've seen were of people being detained (who are now released) or otherwise on voluntary programs.