2014-03-23, 10:23 PM
Satellite just went full retard.
The White House issued a statement:
Russia does have a biased television network called RT that is a highly popular multilingual foreign news channel well known for employing bias and receives heavy funding from the Russian government. RT America has several offices in major United States points such was Washington D.C., New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. So even though Putin hasn't announced censorship, there is a propaganda machine that exerts its presence from the United States wherein which the United States has tolerated its existence within its borders (as far as I am aware). Therefore to address your hypothetical, given the current situation there has been relatively consistent treatment of the situation with respect to how we treat similar problems to your choice of Russia to our inaction in Turkey with respect to national identities exerting inappropriate influence over the media.
I think a more apt analogy given the circumstances may be to the Arab Spring in which Egypt tried to eliminate the country's internet access to prevent protestors from sharing videos and posts regarding the riots. The Obama Administration supported the demonstrations and denounced the actions undertaken by the respective governments as an affront to the concept of liberty, but no military or economic maneuver had been undertaken as a response (again as far as I am aware). Considering that Egypt is not a part of NATO it's not accurate to gauge that your view of hypocrisy isn't a point that should be leveraged only on the basis of NATO but on our hesitance to be involved in foreign affairs after being led by a previous executive who heavily pushed for protecting democracy on a world stage and engaging in a war against a leader with no evidence or rational justification for engaging an invasion.
Yeah, no.
Satellite Wrote:It's just... I can't be the only one seeing the double standard here. Imagine what USA would've said already, if Putin had announced they're blocking facebook, youtube, twitter in Russia. But oh wow, now when it's a NATO country in question, US or NATO don't say a word! West should get some consistency for their bullcrap.
The White House issued a statement:
White House Statement Wrote:The United States is deeply concerned that the Turkish government has blocked its citizens’ access to basic communication tools. We oppose this restriction on the Turkish people’s access to information, which undermines their ability to exercise freedoms of expression and association and runs contrary to the principles of open governance that are critical to democratic governance and the universal rights that the United States stands for around the world. We have conveyed our serious concern to the Turkish government, urge Turkish authorities to respect the freedom of the press by permitting the independent and unfettered operation of media of all kinds, and support the people of Turkey in their calls to restore full access to the blocked technologies.
Russia does have a biased television network called RT that is a highly popular multilingual foreign news channel well known for employing bias and receives heavy funding from the Russian government. RT America has several offices in major United States points such was Washington D.C., New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. So even though Putin hasn't announced censorship, there is a propaganda machine that exerts its presence from the United States wherein which the United States has tolerated its existence within its borders (as far as I am aware). Therefore to address your hypothetical, given the current situation there has been relatively consistent treatment of the situation with respect to how we treat similar problems to your choice of Russia to our inaction in Turkey with respect to national identities exerting inappropriate influence over the media.
I think a more apt analogy given the circumstances may be to the Arab Spring in which Egypt tried to eliminate the country's internet access to prevent protestors from sharing videos and posts regarding the riots. The Obama Administration supported the demonstrations and denounced the actions undertaken by the respective governments as an affront to the concept of liberty, but no military or economic maneuver had been undertaken as a response (again as far as I am aware). Considering that Egypt is not a part of NATO it's not accurate to gauge that your view of hypocrisy isn't a point that should be leveraged only on the basis of NATO but on our hesitance to be involved in foreign affairs after being led by a previous executive who heavily pushed for protecting democracy on a world stage and engaging in a war against a leader with no evidence or rational justification for engaging an invasion.
Satellite Wrote:When this zealot dictator of Turkey decides to declare a war on some country without any reason, will NATO gladly come for help to slaughter innocent civilians?
Yeah, no.