From Meet the Press (March 16):
GREGORY: You know, when we deal with Vladimir Putin, this issue of hypocrisy comes up. And the United Nations spoke of this this week. The United Nations pointedly criticized the U.S.’ human rights record over drone strikes, NSA surveillance, the death penalty. Does it make it hard to deal with the likes of Putin and Lavrov when you’ve got the U.N. criticizing the U.S. that way?
SEN. DURBIN: Listen, there are plenty imperfections in every government of every nation. But look at what we have here. Putin– this is the– I think the single most serious act of aggression since the Cold War.
GREGORY: Mm-Hm.
Quick Question: are there any post-Cold War acts of aggression that might be ranked ahead of the Russians in Crimea? Apparently David Gregory and Senator Durbin can’t think of any…or perhaps I misinterpret Mr. Gregory’s “Mm-Hm.”
Epic. Good to see the media challenging the people in power. The difference between Journalism School ideals and journalistic practice are basically non-existent in the US media.
I think the bigger problem for us is our violation of the sovereignty of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. I’m also waiting to see what happens when Putin establishes military and intelligence operations in our own backyard – Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua.