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It's No Joke: Biden's 'Democracy Summit' Is Anti-Democracy

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Ron Paul By Wednesday, 08 December 2021 09:44 AM EST Current | Bio | Archive

The following article appears first and foremost on the Ron Paul (RPI) Website.

On Dec. 9-10, President Joe Biden will preside over an online "Summit for Democracy," which claims it will "bring together leaders from government, civil society, and the private sector to set forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies today through collective action."

What a joke. This is not about promoting democracy. It's really about undermining democracy worldwide with U.S. interventionist foreign policy.

Yes, the conference is anti-democracy, not pro-democracy.

The countries whose elected leaders do the bidding of the United States — disregarding the wishes of those who elected them — are to be favored with an invitation to this "virtual" event. The countries that pursue domestic and foreign policy that is independent from the demands of the U.S. State Department and CIA are not allowed into Washington's sandbox to play.

Much of the world has seen through the pettiness of such an infantile approach. It is like the fairy tale of the emperor with no clothes. None of the sycophantic foreign leaders graced with an invitation to the banquet dare point out that the U.S. is in the business of undermining democracy overseas, not promoting it.

Color revolutions, where elected governments are overthrown with U.S. backing, is about the only thing the U.S. exports these days. Ask the Ukrainians how their U.S.-backed overthrow in 2014 has worked out for them. Ask any victim of U.S. anti-democratic "color revolutions" about the U.S. commitment to democracy.

For Washington, democracy means "you elect who we tell you to elect."

European Union member country Hungary is the only EU country not invited to participate in the "Summit for Democracy" even though it has undeniably held fully democratic elections since the end of communism 30 years ago. There is no question that Hungary is a democratic country, but it is not invited to Biden's "Summit for Democracy."

Why? Because the Biden administration does not like Hungary's democracy. It does not like the fact that the Hungarian people have voted for a conservative government that occasionally pursues foreign and domestic policies at odds with the dictates of Foggy Bottom and Langley.

The Biden administration does not like that Hungary resisted the mass invasion of refugees from countries and cultures absolutely alien to Hungary's history. Biden does not like the fact that Hungarians have voted time and time again for a conservative government that openly professes Christian values. But what they hate most is that when Washington says "jump," Budapest doesn't always ask "how high?"

It's a petty game that has already backfired like all of Washington's idiotic interventionist initiatives. For example, in the Hungarian situation, Washington's childish snub of Hungary has meant that the rest of the European Union cannot participate in the summit as the EU.

Washington's intervention overseas is always an own-goal. Sanctioning Russia over phony Russiagate has resulted in more Russia-China cooperation. The U.S. tells Iran it must not sell oil anywhere, and similarly-demonized China cuts a good deal for Iranian oil.

It won't shock anyone that Russia and Iran — which both hold elections no less democratic than those in Ukraine, where opposition parties are outlawed and their leaders jailed — are not invited to Biden's little party. But no doubt their absence will be more than made up by North Macedonia, Suriname and Micronesia. Democracy summit? More like propaganda summit! What a joke!

Ron Paul is a physician, author and former Republican congressman. Paul also is a two-time Republican presidential candidate and the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in the 1988 U.S. presidential election. His latest book is "Swords Into Plowshares." Read Ron Paul's Reports — More Here.

Copyright © 2021 by Ron Paul Institute.

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This is not about promoting democracy. It's really about undermining democracy worldwide with U.S. interventionist foreign policy.
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