> what about all the countries that the USA has relationships to, to their advantage only, after killing their citizen, without even apologizing?
As I said: literally whataboutism. And that is just a distraction tactic used to deflect attention from the issue at hand.
In some limited circumstances it may be a legitimate tactic, for example, when it is relevant to highlight that the person making the accusation has a bias. For the most part, however, even if the person making the accusation is a hypocrite or has double standards, this does not mean that their accusation is false.
It's completely legitimate to have a discussion about US imperialism. But not to try to deflect a discussion about Chinese recalcitrance by deflecting it like this.
As I said: literally whataboutism. And that is just a distraction tactic used to deflect attention from the issue at hand.
In some limited circumstances it may be a legitimate tactic, for example, when it is relevant to highlight that the person making the accusation has a bias. For the most part, however, even if the person making the accusation is a hypocrite or has double standards, this does not mean that their accusation is false.
https://theconversation.com/whataboutism-what-it-is-and-why-...
It's completely legitimate to have a discussion about US imperialism. But not to try to deflect a discussion about Chinese recalcitrance by deflecting it like this.