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Submitted by John Rogitz, Jan 16, 2007 19:59

Why is it that the only "power" that bold and transgressive anti-war advocates seem capable of "speaking truth to" is the U.S.? When is the last time any of them flew to Beijing to speak truth to the power there about Tibet? There have been no reports of peace activists visiting Pyongyang to lecture the depraved megalomaniac in power about his prison-like country full of what functionally are his slaves. Why is the only "truth speaking" interest of westerners while in Cuba hissing at U.S. power and Guantanamo Bay, while studiously avoiding the opportunity to speak the truth to Cuban power about the outrageously horrendous Cuban prisons full of political dissenters? When was the last time Mother Sheehan or the modern Puritan scold, Barbara Boxer, castigated powers in the Islamic world for keeping women uneducated and in the shadows?

The answer of course is that the only power that is ever spoken truth to in the safety and security craved by the craven is American power when it is used to clean up the messes of tyrants and terrorists, who otherwise terrify into silence the self-regarding loudmouths around us.

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Thank you, Thank you: bala, John Rogitz, David, Ed Johnson and especially Dick Corby. Why do people blame only Bush,... [MORE]	Deborah Lemons	Feb 1, 2007 19:33
Why is our government protecting the borders of Iraq from invasion when under the Homeland Security Act and the U.S.... [MORE]	Liz	Jan 30, 2007 14:20
Our politicians really have one thing on their minds, it's themselves. It's not a government for the people anymore, it's... [MORE]	Dwight D.	Jan 30, 2007 14:00
Wake up and smell the coffee! All the despots of the world are working on an allience to try and... [MORE]	Diver Dan	Jan 25, 2007 15:08
You are right on target. We can not ingore this. It is a good ideal that the Marine Corps will... [MORE]	Roger Charles	Jan 23, 2007 11:39
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everything becomes a threat to America being number one. I for one am not afraid of what could take place... [MORE]	Strive	Jan 19, 2007 14:56
Muhammad (may God keep his soul, way down where it probably is) excused his agreement to stop hostilities against his... [MORE]	David Gueiros Vieira	Jan 19, 2007 14:30
if bush hadnt gone into iraq on such flimsy evidence, iran's power would have been restrained, and we could and... [MORE]	Greg	Jan 16, 2007 21:56
President Bush had the backing of the congress before troops were deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq.The hatred for Americans is... [MORE]	bala	Jan 19, 2007 19:34
As a Cuban American, nothing said comes as a surprise. Chavez was begotten by Castro and his praetorian guard is... [MORE]	Alberto Luzarraga	Jan 16, 2007 15:08
of the war drums. Let's hope the American people won't be fooled again. [MORE]	gregdn	Jan 16, 2007 10:21
Why is it that the only "power" that bold and transgressive anti-war advocates seem capable of "speaking truth to" is...	John Rogitz	Jan 16, 2007 19:59
I love hearing all these comments about beating the war drums, dopey ideas, bs, etc. There are too many "Armchair... [MORE]	David	Jan 17, 2007 21:00
"It just got so that 90 percent of the people in this country don't give a damn. Politics ain't worrying... [MORE]	Tom Gennings	Jan 19, 2007 01:00
This countrys political correctnes will destroy itself, tell it like it is. We as a nation have become so liberal... [MORE]	George A. Carney	Jan 20, 2007 12:43
President Bush has spent the majority of his press conferences and other speeches around the Nation trying to educate the... [MORE]	Ed Johnson	Jan 24, 2007 12:25
My Question to everyone is - When do WE THE PEOPLE finally decide enough is enough? So far we just... [MORE]	Dick Corby	Jan 30, 2007 13:03

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