Ooh, ooh, ooh, here is a question! if Europe, being the middle of a serious recession, huh lets say Portugal, had to ask former colonies to invest their petrol dollars to help save the economies of the former colonial master, where would they stand on a vote for smart sanctions in a human rights abuse case perpetrated by the former colony?

As soon as the question popped in to my head, I realised just how this question is almost cast in stone in terms of who the villains are meant to be as typecast by history. There is work to do. Similarly, questions must be asked from the rooftops about Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for the simple reason that human rights abuses are taking place there, regardless of how or why the mainstream press chooses not to highlight them. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/14/214124.html

The need for balance in reporting or condemnation does not, of course, excuse the excesses by any ruling power on the planet. I will be the thorn in your flesh.