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We have zero credibility in the world anymore. We do unto others as we would not have done unto ourselves, we preach a vague ideal of Democracy, and yet we do not practice it, and we do not set any sort of positive example in our treatment and behavior towards other countries and cultures. We do not have to stand idly by and let those that wish us harm do so, but neither do we have to stoop to their levels of inhuman behavior. We used to be better than that. Low road, indeed.
As far as the Brit document, the deafening silence is largely because we all knew we were being manipulated and lied to. It's hard to be all righteously indignant when we knew this was so all along.
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