‘DEFENDING SOVEREIGNTY’: China announces support for Iran, oil prices surge
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., discusses President Donald Trump’s objectives in Iran and the sharp rise in oil prices on ‘Mornings with Maria.’ #foxbusiness #morningswithmaria
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I think the democrats need to be charged with treason
Listen to all you MAGA supporters. This war is 100% unnecessary. I feel sorry for Iran protectors, but costing American lives isn’t going to fix it! There is no reason to throw away American troops, just to protect foreigner protectors.
How this lady still has a job I will never understand. The US can not compete with China. The US doesn't have the population or the industrial might of the Chinese. From ship building to low end toy drones on Temu. I have $500 DJI drones and $20 Temu drones. The US just can't keep up with tech that's produced for pennies in China.
Trump will be legitimizing the Chinese dictator if he goes
Raise tariffs on China to 200% that will teach them
Arm the opposition! Uprising!
China is NOT backing Iran. This is a lie.
Asking AI:
When sovereignty collides with human rights
Modern international law recognizes that sovereignty is not a shield for atrocities. States have obligations, and they can be held responsible for violating them.
Human rights frameworks argue that:
A state’s authority is legitimate only if it protects the basic rights of its population.
Systematic killing, ethnic cleansing, or persecution undermines the moral and legal basis of sovereignty.
Sovereignty and human rights are now understood as interdependent, not opposing.
This is where the modern doctrine comes in.
The “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P)
In 2005, every UN member state agreed to a principle called Responsibility to Protect (R2P). It says:
States must protect their populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity.
If a state fails or is itself the perpetrator, the international community has a responsibility to act — diplomatically, economically, and, as a last resort, militarily.
This doesn’t erase sovereignty — it redefines it:
A state is sovereign because it protects its people, not because it can do whatever it wants.
So is a country still sovereign if it kills its own people?
Legally:
Yes, it remains a sovereign state in the international system. Sovereignty doesn’t disappear automatically.
Practically and morally:
Its sovereignty becomes delegitimized, and the international community gains a stronger legal and moral basis to intervene.
In modern law:
A state that massacres its own people is considered to be violating the core responsibilities that justify sovereignty in the first place.
The deeper tension
There’s a constant struggle between:
Non‑interference (traditional sovereignty)
Human protection (modern human rights)
When a government becomes the threat, the world faces a dilemma:
Do we respect borders, or do we protect lives?
That’s why your question is so important — it hits the exact fault line where international law is still evolving.
If you want, we can go deeper into any angle — for example, how the U.S. or UN decides when intervention is justified, or how this applies to specific historical cases.
Another cook up war for oil corporations profits,
An putting Iran in bankers debt from destroying infrastructure
China is always on the nonAmerican side. They supported Russia when they attacked Ukraine. Supporting Islam as long as it is anti US is par for the course. No surprises here.
China is about to start selling everything made in America 😁
Of course they are bosom buddies. China is known for Human Rights violations as well.
Need to vote all those AIPAC recipients out of office!
lot of china
I think the United states and Russia should join up and wreak the rest of the world.
Geezus, my youngest child has an IQ higher then anyone else on this page… geezus… how pathetic!
Why does the Money Honey talking like 80 yo lady with a mouthful of dentures?
Chinas people need to be freed as well imo.
This Is Calling for Action from All of Us
Other viewers expressed similar dismay and determination to take action.
Darryl Brown, who owns a local company, said the film, “Really let me know just how pervasive it is, and how it’s just getting worse and worse. It’s a strong call for all of us—whether you’re in America, Western or not, even in the Eastern Hemisphere—we need to do something. We have to stop this.”
Darryl Brown at a screening on November 1
Brown said the documentary was “chilling and heartbreaking,” adding that he plans to educate himself further and reach out to his elected officials. “I’m going to contact my local state senator and also U.S. Senator John Fetterman,” he said. “We need to get this into law just to put an end to this.”
Brown said the film revealed to him the global reach of the issue. “I would never have guessed that people could get organs in days,” he said. “I wasn’t aware that folks internationally had traveled to China for this. It’s unbelievable.”
He praised the local screening effort. “A library like this is a hub for our county. It brings awareness to young and old,” Brown said. “I’m a member of a local church, and I hope to bring a speaker there to get attention to this.”
Brown called the CCP’s forced organ harvesting “a Holocaust,” warning, “If we’re not doing something about this, then I don’t know what will move people to act.”
She snapped
TRUMP❤
China gets Drones, Oil and more from Iran. Putting the hurt on China.
TDS Is my Patriotic Fuel! At least we now know who opposes the Republic and now we know who are insane Communists. But they aren't. They are something different. Deranged is a perfect term for them. They are Zombie like confused human beings that have been brainwashed. Thankfully throughout my career in Education up to my Master of Public Administration, Bachelor of General Studies in Military, Political and Criminal Justice "Science".. I Brushed off all the Communist and Overtly Socialist influences that have so captured so many of our young people today.. I Look back and I'm like, pathetic losers. Jocks, Cheerleaders, HR Professionals. a lot of leftist politicians.. all completely drank the coolaide and are nothing but enemies of the US Republic. They're are so brain washed they have no clue of the damage they do to the United States. I actualy feel sorry for them as we are finally under Trump and al of his Cadre that will keep the United States .. the United States for a decade or more. All of these useful idiots are going to look back on life choices in 2 to 6 years and say.. Why was such a complete moron. Check your life choices, and if that does not work, someone is going to come around and suss you out. And that will be bad. For you. The Problem.
United States of Israel
Good for China. Iran posed no threat and Oman stated they had agreed to demands that it ceased enriching uranium in negotiations. The war is illegal. The is unecessary. Trump must be condemned and impeached.