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Smoking and drinking: Churchill sets an example today’s Western leaders can learn from

Smoking and drinking: Churchill sets an example today’s Western leaders can learn from

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James M. Dorsey
Mar 09, 2018
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By James M. Dorsey

To understand that Western emphasis on human rights is at best a fig leaf to do business with autocrats whose rule is based on repression, contrast Winston Churchill’s encounter with Mohammed bin Salman’s grandfather, King Abdulaziz, with British prime minister Theresa May’s recent talks with the crown prince.

Meeting the king for lunch…

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