Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Belafonte, Iran

"No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush says..."

Wow. How do people like Belafonte not realize that they are undermining their own movement? Via the Patriot Act, Bush has removed a few civil liberties; apparently that makes him a tyrant. FDR imprisoned American Japanese citizens in internment camps during WW2, but I don't hear any democrats calling FDR a tyrant. It really annoys me that some arrogant, rich artist that has enjoyed every possible fruit and benefit of capitalism is off in a hostile communist country telling the people there that Americans support the revolution. I do not support the communist revolution, thank you very much.

In better news, we can thank Iran's President Ahmadinejad for this. All five of the permanent UN security council members are backing warnings to impose sanctions on Iran if it doesn't cooperate. When is the last time that France, China, and Russia all supported the US on a single issue? This development is a relief. I was especially concerned that we wouldn't be able to draw in China's support due to oil bribes from Iran; I'm glad that the Chinese see the importance of this action.

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