Geopolitics is the why of it. US has never cared how barbaric anyone is so long as you cooperate. Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was a real mensch, no matter what his Savac did to the citizenry, because he kissed Washington's ass. That's how it has always been. Morally reprehensible? Of course it is. But Realpolitik could not care less about such trifles, it appears to be pragmatic, and that is what counts.
Sickening, isn't it?
Sickening, isn't it?
“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
