In thinking about many issues, especially those that involve foreign policy, I like to apply the ‘switch test’. This is where I reverse the roles of the participants to see what the reaction might be. It is a good way to see if people are basing their thinking on some universal principle equally applied or in a partisan way and judging an action purely on the basis of who is doing it to whom. Sadly, it is often the latter attitude that predominates. [Read more…]