“In the Uyghur Autonomous Region, Uyghur Muslims are suffering under the Chinese Communist Party’s genocidal campaign of forced sterilizations, forced detentions, and re-education. Millions of Uyghurs have been detained in these camps, where they are kept in cramped cells, they are tortured, and brainwashed. We all know this. Uyghur women are subject to heinous violence I won’t bear to repeat this morning.”

The United States, as the leader of the Western alliance, has initiated numerous interventions to establish democracy across the world as a universal ideal. While a few of these endeavors have been successful, most have resulted in disastrous outcomes that have worsened the situation.