Pizzey's Perch

“A hyp­ocrite is the kind of politi­cian who would cut down a red­wood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for con­ser­va­tion.” Attrib­uted to U.S. Vice-pres­i­dent (1893–1897) Adlai Steven­son I, the quote is an apt warn­ing that stri­dent avowals of West­ern lead­ers to go all out to help Ukraine are as much a thin veneer cov­er­ing self-inter­est and hypocrisy, as they are firm and unshake­able policy.… Read the rest