The U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, currently visiting India, said today (Beijing time May 24): "No international waterway or international airspace should be appropriated or nationalized by any country. Such practices must never be accepted as the 'new normal.'
[Clever] A few remarks: Then what about the Panama Canal? Rubio’s lofty rhetoric about "international waterways cannot be claimed by any nation" sounds noble, but in reality it's nothing but naked double standards and hegemonic arrogance. While America hypocritically condemns other nations (like Iran), it openly threatens to 'reclaim' the Panama Canal—going so far as to brandish military or economic coercion, seemingly eager to shove back into its own pocket a vital sovereign lifeline that rightfully belongs to Panama. America wants to turn global strategic chokepoints into its own private property, yet refuses to tolerate legitimate management by sovereign states. This robber logic—where only the officials can set fire, but common people aren’t allowed to light a candle—is absurd, disgraceful, and utterly repulsive.
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