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US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces

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763 points tartoran | 4 comments | 23 Oct 25 14:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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excalibur ◴[23 Oct 25 14:31 UTC] No.45682242[source]▶
Because the US government is no longer even pretending to care about human rights.
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1. gorbachev ◴[23 Oct 25 14:58 UTC] No.45682601[source]▶
The US Government has never cared about human rights. It's always been used as a weapon to flog enemies. Allies like Israel can do whatever they like.
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2. cheema33 ◴[23 Oct 25 15:27 UTC] No.45682972[source]▶
> Allies like Israel can do whatever they like.

US has always looked the other way when Israel killed innocent civilians. But there were some limits on how far they could go. The difference now is that those limits have been removed.

3. jkestner ◴[23 Oct 25 15:49 UTC] No.45683253[source]▶
That's what's interesting about this move (and all the other moves). We've stopped pretending we're good, signaling instead the prospect of violence to enemies foreign and domestic.
4. hulitu ◴[23 Oct 25 15:56 UTC] No.45683341[source]▶
> The US Government has never cared about human rights.

This is a blatant lie. /s

They do care, and have always cared, about human rights. The human rights of the US Government and their sponsors.