A Brand New World

After what we've done to Iraq and numerous other nations over the years, what right do we have to condemn Russia for its actions against neighboring Georgia? As Dave Black notes, things have changed since Jefferson's time:

The hypocrisy is appalling, at least to me. That we have become a global hyperpower with imperial ambitions should cause Americans to weep. ...

... Welcome, friends, to a unipolar world in which America allows no peer competitor. A world in which the right of aggression is reserved only to the United States and perhaps a handful of its chosen clients. A world in which lies become truth if repeated often enough. A world in which virtuous declarations of intent suffice to lull a passive citizenry to sleep. A world in which countries with atrocious human rights records are coddled because they support our "war on terror." A world of moral hypocrisy and political double standards.