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it's funny when one stumbles across a quote that encompases her confusion/frustration about foreign affairs...
"Hypocrisy... is the price of universalist pretensions.
Democracy is promoted, but not if it brings Islamic fundamentalists to power;
nonproliferation is preached for Iran and Iraq, but not for Israel;
free trade is the elixir of economic growth, but not for agriculture;
human rights are an issue for China, but not with Saudi Arabia;
aggression against oil-owning Kuwaitis is massively repulsed, but not against non-oil-owning Bosnians.
Double standards in practice are the unavoidable price of universal standards of principle."
- Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, p.184.
"Hypocrisy... is the price of universalist pretensions.
Democracy is promoted, but not if it brings Islamic fundamentalists to power;
nonproliferation is preached for Iran and Iraq, but not for Israel;
free trade is the elixir of economic growth, but not for agriculture;
human rights are an issue for China, but not with Saudi Arabia;
aggression against oil-owning Kuwaitis is massively repulsed, but not against non-oil-owning Bosnians.
Double standards in practice are the unavoidable price of universal standards of principle."
- Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, p.184.