Philip H. Gordon: “Why not think that way and imagine that you would have transportation routes between Serbia and Kosovo; open trade…”

The United States has repeatedly condemned the actions taken on December 19 and the continuing suppression of political and human rights in Belarus.

These are very serious charges. We have looked at them carefully and came to the view that they deserved, indeed required, serious investigation.

But when such a majority of the cases investigated and prosecuted are against political figures from the previous regime, it is impossible for friends not to ask the question about perceived selective prosecutions.

That this brutal crackdown occurred in the heart of Europe in the 21st century is particularly troubling.