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November 18, 2007 at 14:02:53

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'Soft' Dictatorships & the Misrule of Law

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By Mumia Abu-Jamal, Posted by Hans Bennett (about the submitter)     Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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The U.S. used lies and pretexts to invade, destabilize, and virtually destroy a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, and has followed that grand spectacle with secret prisons (so called 'black sites') overseas, mass wiretaps of mega millions of American communications, violation of the FISA act, torture - the shredding of the Constitution.

How can the U.S. honestly criticize Pakistan for shredding its constitution, when the U.S. Constitution lies in tatters?

According to some reports, Pakistan's military has become an economic powerhouse, owning almost everything worthy of being owned. They therefore have more than military power - they have financial power to influence Pakistani society.

How can the U.S. criticize kleptocracy in the face of Halliburton, Blackwater, the bursting coffers of Exxon, or other corporate citizens that have swelled at the public trough?


It is true, the Bush regime hasn't removed Supreme Court justices, or beaten lawyers in the street. Yet.

Then again, there aren't thousands of lawyers on the march, protesting the daily assaults on their Constitution, or for judicial independence.

While they may tear out their hair in quiet isolation and frustration, they haven't felt the need to emulate their Pakistani counterparts.

There are many roads to dictatorship, and some (as in German history, for example) do not evoke widespread opposition.

The day may come when we begin to envy the Pakistanis for fighting for their rights.

But that day has not yet dawned.

--(c) '07 maj

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This Would be on Top of the "Black" Money by Mac McKinney on Sunday, Nov 18, 2007 at 2:32:31 PM

 
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