a wiretap does not close the entire communication channel, does it?
You used an analogy to the oil spillage, that would not result in the same impact for rhetoric purposes, but they are not similar.<p>The cold war ended. Look at &quot;Modern Definitions&quot;: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Western_world#Modern_definitions" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Western_world#Modern_definitio...</a><p>For you &quot;western&quot; means &quot;white and rich&quot;.