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In reply to the discussion: Boris Nemtsov's Murder May Have Been Provocation: Russian Officials [View all]politicman
(710 posts)No, what I am trying to point out is that no matter how dispicable Putins actions are or are not, the U.S has no moral authority whatsoever to call out Putin for doing the same things the U.S has done and still continues to do.
If the U.S believes that it has the right to invade or interfere in other countries under the notion of 'national security interests', then it has no right criticising or calling out other countries for engaging in the same behaviour under 'national security interests'.
to claim a right for yourself and then demonise someone else for claiming the exact same right that you still maintain you have, is the ultimate in hypocrisy.
Putin and Russia may be a warmonger who need to be called out, but they certainly don't deserve to be called out by a country who has a history of electing a warmonger like Bush and giving him the power to illegally invade a country like Iraq.
You may want to believe that 2 wrongs don't make a right, but I choose to believe that before one wants to criticise another for their wrongs, that one needs to cease doing the same wrongs that it demonises others for.