> Countries with skeletons in their closets trying to play global policeman open themselves up to the charge of hypocrisy. Every country has skeletons in its c

> Countries with skeletons in their closets trying to play global policeman open themselves up to the charge of hypocrisy. Every country has skeletons in its closet. Should we then just ignore crimes against humanity? > Isn't hypocrisy - backing murderers here, opposing murderers there, justifying that support entirely on some vague notion of 'national interests' - something of a problem? Nope, hypocrisy by itself isn't a problem. To understand why consider a criminal that once thought stealing is ok, then got caught, was in prison for his sentence, repented, and now thinks that stealing isn't ok. Can he complain to authorities that his neighbor was robbed? You are saying he shouldn't. It's not only absurd - it's also morally repulsive. The only reason you could think avoiding hypocrisy justifies ignoring crimes against humanity is if you're trying to defend the murderers.