American bases in Bahrain make the U.S. complicit in human rights abuse
Evidence
Congress should make each of these provisions permanent, and there is more to be done. Congress should extend the Leahy Law, which cuts off aid to governments found to abuse their citizens’ human rights, in order to ensure that bases are not opened or maintained in undemocratic nations. Silencing criticism of human rights abuses as we maintain bases in countries like Bahrain makes the United States complicit in these states’ crimes. Maintaining bases in other undemocratic countries is equally counterproductive and makes a mockery of legitimate U.S. efforts to spread democracy and improve the well-being of people around the world. American bases have no business propping up repressive regimes. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1077
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Category: Causal Relationships