> why do we let this happen in a country that boasts about its commitment to democracy and human rights? Because talk is cheap, but comfortable lies work. The

> why do we let this happen in a country that boasts about its commitment to democracy and human rights? Because talk is cheap, but comfortable lies work. The case can easily be made that part of the American rise to power was basically war profiteering. Even Russia enjoys whataboutism wrt to American morality...