It would be wrong for the court to turn a blindeye to the fact that the "struggle in Nigeria was for a good cause" and said it was important to "balance Okah's political intentions with the violent nature of his crimes".
Happily, because America still has states that are ready to turn a blindeye towards Washington there is hope that some American cities will be global players inthe future.
The trial shows how hard it will be to rid Russia of the ethnic intolerance that has quietly grown in recent years under theblind, and occasionally benevolent, eye of its government.