The blackmail failing, the Sunday Telegraph faxed Edward that his statement had been referred to political editors for their opinion and that, accordingly, the publishing of his statement would be postponed. The Sunday Telegraph has thus given the worst example of how crass the press could be. It has paid no heed to principles or ethics and has made it clear how a paper is that has been sold, how unable it is to challenge its buyers' ill wills. The absence of political equilibrium, together with a monolithic world order in control, does naturally impose its dictates. An instance of this is the collective punishment, which stands divorced from all ethics not only because it compromises peoples' interests, but also because it is applied according to double standards particularly when it conflicts with the interests of the world's Big Guys.
Examples are many.
Washington has abandoned the threat of using economic sanctions World's China under the temptation of capturing a huge Chinese market able to absorb US products of Boeing planes and tools of production. It has also excepted US wheat exports from the sanctions imposed on Pakistan because of its recent nuclear explosions. The exception apparently serves the interests of American wheat growers. Arab gum, an important component of many products, is Sudan's only commodity that is excepted from the boycott. Washington has also reduced trade restrictions with Cuba under Canadian and European pressure.