The West, despite its years of experience in dealing with the Soviets, is still a sucker for such Janus like behavior, especially now, when Medvedev presents such an endearing democratic face.

And so when I moved to New York City after college and got completely sucker punched in the face by depression, I did the only thing I could think of at the time.

Is this just a detail that can be safely ignored on the grounds that BDS targets only the territories, the Jewish settlements being built there, and the goods that the settlers produce? This is another sucker trap.