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Old 8th Feb 2012, 23:20
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I understand Russia is blocking but it does make the UN/NATO/Western Society look a bit hypocritical and "selective".
There is no appearance to it....we certainly are both hypocritical and selective....always have been and always shall.

Let's talk of Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Dafur.....where do you want to draw the line at examples.

It is not just the NATO, the UK, the USA.....it is all of the prosperous countries.

It all depends upon whose Ox is getting gored when we decide to stick our beaks into someone else's business. Granted....sometimes we should be involved but then we do so at risk of many bad things happening....and too many times we turn a blind eye or limit ourselves to some public hand wringing and great big Crocodile Tears.
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