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In reply to the discussion: Boris Nemtsov's Murder May Have Been Provocation: Russian Officials [View all]politicman
(710 posts)I don't defend Putin, I myself think he is putrid just like you.
What I am at a pain to point out is that the U.S has no business criticising and sanctioning another country for engaging in behaviour that the U.S has engaged in, and still continues to engage in to this day.
I care nothing for Putin, I care for right and wrong.
And until we stop the U.S interference in other countries, then we have no moral authority to demand that other countries not engage in actions under the banner of 'national security interests', especially while we continue to reserve the right to do so ourselves.
And the best way to battle infestations is to clean up the environment so that infestations dwindle and die out.
America talks out both sides of its mouth.
In countries that are not American puppet, the U.S calls for freedom and democracy, YET in countries that serve American interests, America supports, arms and even goes so far as to prop up dictators that deny their populations the very freedom that you are talking about.
Imagine if there was a street full of wife-beating husbands. Imagine if I called out some of the residents in that street for bashing their wives, YET at the very same time, I supported and worked actively to allow some of the husbands in the street to continue to bash their wives.
Would you think that my advocacy on behalf of women was sincere?
Don't you think that the next time I stepped in to save one of these wives, that I would be a massive hypocrite if at the same time I supported and helped the next door neighbour to be able to continue beating his wife?