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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Monday, May 31, 2004 ::

Iran, Iran.......

It's unfortunate the blogosphere is probably the only media to direct it's attention to a human tragedy such as this. And it's only because heroic people are willing to sacrifice their lives pictures like these escape barbaric dictatorships such as that found in Iran...(you'll never see images like these emerge from North Korea because most North Koreans have never seen a porcelain toilet, much less own a computer or digital camera).

Iranians are now battling institutionalized oppression on a scale truly unimaginable to Western sensibilities. One look at these faces and only the most inhumane sadist would see other than beautiful people struggling for freedom.

Should you ever, for even a moment, doubt millions upon millions of people the world over STILL look to America for their freedom...look again...and tell me these people don't want Democracy. To deny it is to deny reality.

The people of Iran know what's happening in Iraq; they're closely watching the tidal forces of our political season. They watch because they know their lives depend not on impotent, bumbling UN blue-helmets to alter this bloody course, but on the unwavering will of the American people to influence meaningful change in these iron-fisted dictatorships.

Via Roger Simon (of course) [>]

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