Sunday, October 07, 2007

New World Order?

I could be wrong, but were there any protests over Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons against the Kurds, or his destruction of the marshlands in the south of Iraq which displaced thousands of Iraqis, or his invasion of Kuwait, or his financing and rewarding of Palestinian terrorism? Other than those who had direct knowledge of these events through Iraqi relatives and so on, we in the West didn't know much of that was happening, so maybe that's the critical difference.

In any case it sure is gratifying to see this happening now.

Protests around world against Myanmar crackdown

Europe, Asia Protest Myanmar Crackdown

Still, there's always going to a useful fool, I suppose, who writes articles like this one:

Since taking power Robert Mugabe has ravaged his country, but no one seems to care. Oh yeah, Zimbabwe doesn't have any oil

Extreme over-simplification, race baiting and ever vigilantly omitting certain key distinctions are the hallmark of far too many idiots with jobs in the editorial rooms. Of course, there should be protests about Zimbabwe, too. But where are they? Why is it permissible to protest the crackdown in Burma, decry the lack thereof over the disaster in Zimbabwe, but God help the Iraqis if someone dares to end their long, brutal nightmare? It seems with some, if you have oil under your feet, you can be completely discarded.

In the meantime, let's hope the Burmese and the Zimbabweans manage to pull off their own revolution. If the US attempts to help them in any way, legions of useful idiots in editorial rooms, who enjoy near perfect freedom in more ways than just freedom of the press, will surely invent some strawman argument and demand that they remain in their wretched positions, rather than give credit to the Americans for doing something right.

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