Applause
When South Africa applauds the way
The Tories use their power
To silence the debate on Northern Ireland
I wonder how long it will be
Before the nations of the world
Begin to impose sanctions upon my land.
--Billy Bragg, Ideology (stray live verse)
The Tories use their power
To silence the debate on Northern Ireland
I wonder how long it will be
Before the nations of the world
Begin to impose sanctions upon my land.
--Billy Bragg, Ideology (stray live verse)
posted by &y | 3:16 PM
2 Comments:
I'll admit this is a cheap shot, but I read the news of that U.N. report today and haven't been able to get the song out of my head.
Sure. Human Rights Watch says, "Many countries–-Uzbekistan, Russia and China among them--used the 'war on terrorism' to attack their political opponents, branding them as 'Islamic terrorists.'"
Sure. Bush is buddy-buddy with fellow torturers all around the world. (Here's a memorable "gist" post on our good friends in Uzbekistan.)
Sure. "[T]he Geneva-based Human Rights Commission ... has come under intense criticism for permitting the membership of notorious rights violators like Sudan and Zimbabwe...." (NYT)
But I looked pretty hard and couldn't find reports of any (non-GOP) public official anywhere in the world actually applauding Bush's torture policy. So, yeah, it's a cheap shot. Condemned by Sudan. We will never live this down.
"How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
“Two ways,” Mike said, "Gradually and then suddenly."
-- Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
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