Truth to Power

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The US and its ‘special’ dictator

By Pepe Escobar

“I am delighted to be back in Uzbekistan. I’ve just had a long and very interesting and helpful discussion with the president … Uzbekistan is a key member of the coalition’s global war on terror. And I brought the president the good wishes of President Bush and our appreciation for their stalwart support in the war on terror … Our relationship is strong and has been growing stronger.”

  • US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Tashkent, February 2004 </i>

One of our allies in the WOT(TM) boils people alive. Nice. How many years before we’re invading Uzbekistan to keep “Democracy on the march”? There’s a word for people who practice such behavior.

Hypocrite.


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