Israel's allowed to bomb an Iranian consulate, but Iran's not allowed to strike back. The US is allowed to surround China with war machinery, but it would be World War Three if China ever tried to militarily encircle the US. NATO is allowed to expand to Russia's doorstep and amass proxy forces on its border, but the last time Moscow placed a credible military threat anywhere near the United States, the US responded so aggressively that the world almost ended. 

The "rules-based international order" that the US-centralized power structure purports to uphold just means an order in which the US makes up the rules and nations had better obey them. It means rules for thee but not for me.

Reading by Tim Foley.

"Rules-Based Order" Means Rules For Thee But Not For We

I am a Composer, Sound Designer, Mixer, and Producer for Music and Picture.
I’ve been playing and writing music for 38 years. I started mixing live music 18 years ago and then recording and producing bands in Berlin 16 years ago. Music has taken me all over Europe, to China, to USA, Australia, India and Russia.
I now specialise in composing original music, sound design and the creation of soundscapes for visual images.

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

R010R [pronounced: roh-ter] : hybrid genre electronic music
New LP 2023 "Total Disinformation Awareness"
https://electroaggressionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-disinformation-awareness
2016 LP "Unyielding"
http://basicunitproductions.bandcamp.com/album/unyielding

Some people are artists. Others, themselves, are art. Iont do drugs, I am drugs.