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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Selective outrage

Writing in the Australian, Brett Stephens asks: Why is Palestinian statehood considered a global moral imperative, but statehood for Chechnya is not?

Hat tip: Avi Goldstein, via  Prague Watchdog

Posted by David McDuff at 12:27 pm
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Labels: Chechnya, Israel, Middle East, North Caucasus, Russia, Russian Federation

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