The ex-Pakistani prime minister had many failings. But a recent leaked cable regarding Imran Khan’s military-backed ouster lays bare how the US government uses its power to influence events around the world and how the mainstream press conceals this from the public.
  • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    1 year ago

    A good summary of the situation. Major upheaval in Pakistan, not covered by US media.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      The literal Voice of America is reporting on the cables. Not to mention the fact that an American outlet, the Intercept, is the one that published the leak in the first place…

  • severien@lemmy.worldEnglish
    88·
    1 year ago

    It’s a long article, but can be really summed up into this citation:

    … Knowing all this, it’s more absurd to believe the United States doesn’t have the ability or inclination to influence political events in Pakistan than to believe it does.

    Branko Marcetic is a Chomsky style US hater in the sense that he keeps s**tting on US (and Ukraine), while not much commenting on the likes of China and Russia.

    • _wintermute@lemmy.worldEnglish
      94·
      1 year ago

      while not much commenting on the likes of China and Russia

      He, and by extension anyone making arguments criticizing America, doesn’t need to comment because the rest of western society is constantly commenting on China or Russia. They’re almost never out of our news cycles, at least in the past few decades.

      Even barring the fact that most of what we hear about from the east is heavily filtered through propaganda efforts, saying “now also criticize these groups!” is just whataboutism intended to change the topic, and is more akin to saying All Lives Matter.