european hypocrisy (multilateralism?)

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: jjones

Originally posted by: SuperTool

It's not hypocrisy to openly act in your own self interest, and not make a charade for US consumption.
Countries act in their own interest all the time. If Russia does business with Iraq, Russia benefits and Iraq benefits. Its a win win, so they make a deal. Seems reasonable to me. Russia doesn't see Iraq as a threat, because it isn't to them. Iraqis don't hate the Russians, because Russians aren't killing Iraqis. Why should they give up much needed foreign trade with a country they have strong economic ties with?

Ageed. Then hopefully you shouldn't have any complaints when the US acts in its own self-interest.

I don't have any complaints. But to act in your own self interest and then criticize other countries for doing same thing is hypocrisy.
I am not so sure attacking Iraq is in our best interest, but that is debatable. Our middle east policy is one debacle after another where we end up fighting the same regimes we prop up. Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: freegeeks
There is no doubt that France and Russia are only thinking about their own selfinterest and they learned that from the master: the US of A.

actually all of europe was practicing self-interested statecraft long before the US even existed...

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: SuperTool

I don't have any complaints. But to act in your own self interest and then criticize other countries for doing same thing is hypocrisy.

is that not what the article was pointing out?

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SuperTool

I don't have any complaints. But to act in your own self interest and then criticize other countries for doing same thing is hypocrisy.

is that not what the article was pointing out?

Yes, but to see hypocrisy in others but not yourself is double hypocrisy.

 

[Moonbeam]

Frances Frances, you don't understand. It's because I'm better and more evolved that I want to take you with me. I want YOU as one of the 73 men on my mystery ship. I like you.