"O, what a tangled web we weave
when first we practise to deceive!"
Sir Walter Scott, Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field
"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."
Jerry Garcia
“Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, 'rules-based international order,' they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim.” Aaron Good, American Exception