Don’t deny the needy

All those who claim the poor should not heat their homes with discounted Venezuelan oil, or that I should not distribute it, are setting a moral standard they don’t apply to themselves. Nor do they apply it to other oil-exporting countries.

If we actually took oil only from those whose morality we agree with, what a short list that would be.

Critics say no to Venezuelan oil for the poor, but say yes to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and many other Middle East countries that are ruled with an iron fist.

It’s easy to say yes if you’re a short-sighted moralist, but maybe not so easy if you’re concerned about how those societies treat women or if you’re Jewish and alarmed at their hostile stance towards
Israel.

USA Today