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Originally Posted by Regret$
Quite simply, HK is a contiguous part of China. While rights there are unfortunate, it is not really any different than the rest of China.
This is wrong. Hongkongers still currently have more freedom and rights than the rest of China. They are worried, with good reason, that they will become like the rest of China in losing these freedoms and rights.
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Cuba is relevant as a comparison for how we (USA) fare in our support of rights and freedoms. We actively undermine democracy in Haiti and other Caribbean countries. If we cared for actual democracy in Cuba it would already be done. Cuba is in our backyard but we do nothing, and talk as though some sort of intervention WRT HK is a rational option. Its pure saber rattling. Perhaps if we supported democracy in our own backyard then we would have some right to preach down to the Chinese but we don't.
I've already made it clear that I don't favor a military intervention by the US to support Hong Kong (or military intervention in Cuba for that matter). And when I become a representative of the US government, feel free to chastise me for inconsistency here.
I support democracy, human rights, and freedom in our backyard, and when our government doesn't I generally oppose its actions.