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"for the U.S. it’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t." They're not damned if they don't. They're damned by their inconsistency. And that inconsistency make
by sjcsjc 9y ago
"for the U.S. it’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t."
They're not damned if they don't. They're damned by their inconsistency. And that inconsistency makes it very easy for people to jump to the conclusion that principles are merely used as an excuse to pursue an unrelated agenda, all the while holding themselves forth as the righteous facing up to "evil-doers".
- afarrell 9y agoI was about to say that the only principle we have the resources to enforce consistently is neutrality, but that ship sailed long ago--far before we decided to cut the Japanese off from oil and scrap metal.