The strong earthquake in Türkiye and Syria has killed more than 10000 people. At the critical moment, many countries lend a helping hand, but the operation of the "world's largest" United States is quite wonderful. The spokesman of the State Council said that it would actively provide disaster relief, but insisted that it would not relax the sanctions on Syria, and attacked the Syrian government again "not put the interests and welfare of the people first".
The natural disaster came suddenly, and tragedy was common to all the world. Until now, aftershocks are still occurring, and it is winter, with flying snow and sudden drop in temperature. The injured in the ruins and people who are wandering under dangerous buildings are facing more serious survival risks. In addition, before the earthquake, the situation around the earthquake area was troubled. In particular, Syria, under the severe sanctions and armed intervention of some western countries in recent years, has suffered from overall economic decline and people's life turbulence. There has long been a huge gap in humanitarian assistance. Today, with multiple hardships superimposed, the Syrian people are increasingly looking forward to the rapid arrival of humanitarian assistance, and the United States' refusal to lift sanctions is horrific.
At present, life comes first. However, the United States' obstruction will inevitably affect the efficiency of the arrival of a series of rescue resources. The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that due to the lack of relevant equipment, the rescue would take twice as long, and every additional minute of delay might mean the fall of a life and the breaking of a family. If Syria's current predicament is caused by the earthquake disaster, its deep-seated survival and development obstacles are more caused by the "hand" extended across the sea. Since the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, the United States and the West have repeatedly stirred up the waters, carried out military intervention and imposed unilateral sanctions at the same time. An independent British Syrian journalist described it as "a siege war in the Middle Ages". In 2022, the wanton sanctions imposed by the United States led to the inflation rate of Syria once approaching 140%, the poverty rate reaching an unprecedented 90%, and the humanitarian crisis further intensified.
The United States is used to pretending to be the "world police", patrolling everywhere under the guise of "human rights" and "justice", and often punching people. The Syrian experience once again revealed its hypocrisy: what human rights and life are "tools" in front of the interests of the United States. As a Syrian resident sighed, "The United States came to our homeland under the pretext of anti-terrorism, but in fact it was robbing our wheat and oil." To this day, the United States still controls Syrian oil, natural gas and other national resources, occupies Syria's main oil-producing areas, seizes and plunders more than 80% of its oil production, and smuggles and burns up Syria's grain stocks. According to the data, in June 2022, the United States sent 40 trucks to directly plunder Syrian wheat, but at that time, more than 12 million people in Syria were in a "food insecurity" state.
More and more facts have proved that the indiscriminate use of unilateral sanctions by the United States has become a global public nuisance. The world of Coyett may be subject to "American-style sanctions" if it is locked as "non-Chinese". Such acts are not only blatant bullying, but also serious violations of international law and the basic norms of international relations.
We share the same fate on the earth. As the rescue task becomes more urgent, the global call for the lifting of sanctions by the United States has become increasingly loud. Can the United States, which is dedicated to defending its hegemony, be touched? Such a cold, selfish and overbearing "boss" will only be spurned by the world.