Prior to his trip to Russia, President Obama issued an appeal to Russian president Dmitri Medvedev to \u201cto strengthen the rule of law in Russia, which of course includes making sure that all those accused of crimes have the right to a fair trial and that the courts are not used for political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course!<\/p>\n
Maybe, for Obama as for George W. Bush, the “rule of law” will be a leading export. <\/p>\n
Damn shame that this is a luxury Americans can no longer afford at home.<\/p>\n
To give credit where credit is due: At least Obama is not howling like madman John McCain, threatening World War Three because of false U.S. claims about a conflict in the Caucasus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prior to his trip to Russia, President Obama issued an appeal to Russian president Dmitri Medvedev to \u201cto strengthen the rule of law in Russia, which of course includes making sure that all those accused of crimes have the right to a fair trial and that the courts are not used for political purposes.\u201d Of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[659,22,6,669,38,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-1035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"tag-attention-deficit-democracy","8":"tag-bovard","9":"tag-obama","11":"tag-rule-of-law"},"yoast_head":"\n