That's the right thing to expect and require! But we cannot be surprised if a country that was behaving in one way in year X is behaving in a radically differen

That's the right thing to expect and require! But we cannot be surprised if a country that was behaving in one way in year X is behaving in a radically different way a few years later. As you say, a country is run by humans (note the plural) but many of its accomplishments or errors are done by part of that population, not necessarily sharing the vision and ideals of the whole population.