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Isn't it a bit hypocritical that the US should tell Russia not to get involved? We had no right to go into Iraq, for example. If an entity is able to exercise
by sillysaurus3 13y ago
Isn't it a bit hypocritical that the US should tell Russia not to get involved? We had no right to go into Iraq, for example.
If an entity is able to exercise political power, and there's an advantage to do so, then it seems inevitable that the entity will always do so.
- einhverfr 13y ago> We had no right to go into Iraq, for example. And look at our great respect for sovereignty of the governments of Libya and Syria, neither of which was any more democratic than the current one in Ukraine....
- Demiurge 13y agoOf course it's hypocritical, but it's also US news, which is the point of view of US. What's bad for Russia is good for US.
- gaius 13y agoI am reminded of Thucydides, writing nearly 2500 years ago. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/melian.htm https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/melian.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melian_dialogue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melian_dialogue