SOB's and Protests in Countries
Not surprisingly, when the imprisoned opponent of Putin, Alexei Navalny died/killed in prison, there was an outpouring of criticism from the West. Self-righteous proclamations of “Western values” have followed. Take this one by Andrew Sullivan as an example: “(Navalny) represented the core principles of the West; and they are worth prudently defending abroad as well as at home. In Navalny, you see a commitment to empirical truth over ideological lies; to transparency over corruption; to courage over brute force; to humor over power; and to freedom over tyranny. ” Really? The West cherishes these things abroad? Didn’t they support the massacre in East Pakistan/Bangladesh in 1971? Haven’t they always supported dictators in the Middle East, including one Saddam Hussain (until he invaded Kuwait)? Such love affairs of the West with brutal dictators have been true for long, best captured by Franklin D Roosevelt’s infamous line: “(Dictator X) may be a son of a bit...