Double Standards and Hypocrisy: Where are the Sanctions against the West? | Global Research

Double Standards and Hypocrisy: Where are the Sanctions against the West? | Global Research

As
the US and the European Union impose sanctions on 21 officials from
Russia and Ukraine for helping the people of Crimea to make a democratic
choice to become a part of the Russian Federation, one specific
question arises – where were all the sanctions when the West was
carrying out genuinely illegal wars and interventions that resulted in
destruction and thousands of innocent civilians being killed?

Unlike
Russia, which has not fired one single shot in Crimea, nor has been
seen as an invader by the people of Crimea, the West, primarily the
United States and NATO countries, have caused havoc and destruction all
over the world with little or no repercussions. Below are just three
examples which warrant toughest sanctions to be imposed on Western
powers.