Rath on 29 April 2009
I don't understand why Americans refuse to accept any criticism of their country?
For those that were asking why America receives more criticism than Russia its for several reasons.
1. You're more powerful. Nobody is as concerned with what happens in a country with less influence.
2. You claim to be a beacon of justice and democracy and sometimes there is a level of hypocrisy.
3. You're part of the West, the rest of the Western world is more likely to judge you because you're part of it.
Its not necessarily fair that you garner more criticism than countries with rights records that are clearly far worse, but because of those three reasons you do.
