Tag: Double Standards
Some truths are harsh, but they must be spoken. Writing these difficult facts aims not to condemn, but to awaken. Repentance must come; if not, it won’t be the best of times, but the worst of times. “The time is always right to do what is right,” said Martin...
On April 7, 2022, the UN General Assembly voted to exclude Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. The resolution received the required two-thirds majority of those voting, minus abstentions, in the 193-member Assembly, with 93 nations voting in favor and 24 against.
The vote was highly politicized and...
Moldovan Victims Are “Unworthy Victims” Since Russia Cannot Be Blamed for the Attacks
In a landmark 1979 study entitled The Political Economy of Human Rights: The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism, Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman laid out the concept of “worthy” versus “unworthy” victims by which the...
Everything Is Either Good or Evil!
When Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s president, invaded Iran on September 22, 1980, he was a “good” dictator. His invasion of the neighboring country was not only approved by the United States and its Western satellites, but also universally supported by them. Unlike secular Iraq, Iran...
