America’s role in the world may offer the strongest argument for taking further steps at home. Authoritarian leaders use America’s wrongdoings as an excuse for their own behaviour. For example, North Korea has demanded that the United States be taken before the UN Security Council for its torture practices. This amounts to little more than posturing on Pyongyang’s part, but it illustrates the perils to American foreign policy credibility of losing the moral high ground.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 12:00:01 +0000