| Mr Khan said:
Ah, but you're only a rogue if you don't follow international norms. Rogue states means just that, the pariahs like Qaddafi's Libya, or North Korea presently. Even the "rogue" status of Iran and Cuba is questionable, since they play ball with a lot of countries (just not the US). Rogue States in the US diplomatic lexicon just seems to be "countries we don't like, post Cold War", because our enemies abroad cannot be put into a neat little box anymore, so we include states like Iran or, up until a few days ago, Cuba, in these listings. |
Well, actually the US broke international norms by the worldwide spying and torturing. But you're right, nobody will stand against the US in these matters. So basically the US can get away with everything, as long as they don't declare everyone as an enemy.
And certainly the matter with Cuba is very interesting. It was long overdue if you ask me to normalize the affairs between both countries. It would make me happy if it wasn't overshadowed by so much going wrong in the world currently.
