Appeals to ideological principles and rights are generally a cover. J. P. Morgan had it right: There is always some principled way to defend any position, especially one’s own interests. In one overseas nation, our government supports protest and advocates the will of the people to determine their own future. That is, for instance, a popular refrain for leaders in the United States when it comes to places like Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela or Kim Jong Il’s North Korea. Elsewhere we call for stability. That’s the principle invoked when people try to bring down a government that is our friend and
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