Reply #7: Human rights, I thought, are of international interest... [View All]

What happened in Chechnya is horrible. Purely and simply. Massacres are always of our interest. What are our democracies turned to if we don't care and don't try to protest against them?

Litv had said the terrorists' attacks were managed by Russia to justify the military campaign in Chechnya. His opinion.
But Anna Politkovskaya, the murdered journalist, had said a lot on Chechnya too and on the responsibilities of Russia on human rights. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya
Do you want to wait for evidence? Do, David. I see it already clear enough. Russia didn't respect human rights which are patrimony of the humanity and democrats in particular.

Iraq and Saddam had no hidden weapons. The war is unjust and in fact we detest Bush - and I personally hate to hear Powell speak lately, he should just run and hide. Where are the international law rights in the Iraqi matter? Where, in the Chechnya matter?

It's in this legal "gap" in both cases - the way the West and Russia are committing crimes without facing any responsibilities - that I see an exchange of favors.

Then I agree with you. We can't do lessons on morality.