Hypocrisy over Crimea

There was a good letter in the i this morning from Terence Roy Smith:

"I find British and American hypocrisy quite astounding.

"With their selfish interventions, these two countries are largely responsible for most of the world's current conflict, ostensibly to liberate the oppressed or defend the defenceless while actually safeguarding their own interests.  Yet, when Russia does precisely the same in Crimea it is accused of illegal occupation".

Brief and to the point, I thought