States have secrets and war demands them. And yet how can democracy function when the people voting don't know what's happening and their government isn't transparent?
This is all the more problematic in the modern age with its endless wars and the increasingly reliance on special forces and classified operations and technology.
The American public (for the most part) has no idea what its government is doing, how often it is bombing other countries and the like. There is a general knowledge of US support for Israel but few understand how deeply involved the US is in the Gaza War. The notion that the Biden-Harris administration is working for peace is absurd. Antony Blinken is a tragic-comic figure, a messenger boy and would-be manager. He's clearly no diplomat advocating for peace.
But as the article points out - the British are also involved though the public doesn't realize it. And even those within British government that might oppose these actions and the Americans using their bases on Cyprus - they cannot stop it. What the US says, goes. And this is all the more true in the post-Brexit framework. London is not going to alienate the Americans. Britain wants to remain locked with the United States. Otherwise it will be reduced to second-tier status or worse.
The ICC knows that if it takes on the United States, the US government will sanction and even kill them - and that's no exaggeration. But maybe one way to knock a big hole in the hypocritical dam would be to take on US allies - such as the British military officials involved in sanctioning and supporting this US operation. They are (as the article suggests) parties to a war crime.
In the meantime until the BBC covers this - the public won't know and there won't be any pressure put on MP's. That's the goal and thus the very nations that champion sham democracy in the case of Ukraine are quick to suppress it when it comes to Palestine, Africa, and elsewhere.
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