The problem with Europe ("the adherence to the principles of international law, the rejection of the use of force to change political realities, the sanctification of human rights as an absolute value…and empathy toward those who are perceived as being weak")

1.0Norman Finkelsteinhttp://www.normanfinkelstein.comNFhttp://www.normanfinkelstein.com/author/nf/The problem with Europe ("the adherence to the principles of international law, the rejection of the use of force to change political realities, the sanctification of human rights as an absolute value…and empathy toward those who are perceived as being weak")rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="60EmQVPGXw"><a href="http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/the-problem-with-europe-the-adherence-to-the-principles-of-international-law-the-rejection-of-the-use-of-force-to-change-political-realities-the-sanctification-of-human-rights-as-an-absolute/">The problem with Europe ("the adherence to the principles of international law, the rejection of the use of force to change political realities, the sanctification of human rights as an absolute value…and empathy toward those who are perceived as being weak")</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/the-problem-with-europe-the-adherence-to-the-principles-of-international-law-the-rejection-of-the-use-of-force-to-change-political-realities-the-sanctification-of-human-rights-as-an-absolute/embed/#?secret=60EmQVPGXw" width="600" height="338" title="“The problem with Europe ("the adherence to the principles of international law, the rejection of the use of force to change political realities, the sanctification of human rights as an absolute value…and empathy toward those who are perceived as being weak")” — Norman Finkelstein" data-secret="60EmQVPGXw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script>