Ralph Peters is Also Looking for an Olympic Disaster
From your lips to God’s ears, Mr. Peters.
The butchers in Beijing thought they could buy a happy-face propaganda image, that they could stage-manage the Olympics the way Stalin’s PR boys seduced the New York Times as millions died. Boy, did their ignorance of the suppleness of today’s communications networks backfire.
President Hu Jintao and his cadres can keep a lid on most bad news at home – but all their censorship, denied visas, hotel-room-monitoring, dissident detentions, monstrous pollution and general police-state tactics won’t be enough to fool the rest of the world.
Let’s hope that the rest of the world, at least the rest of the world big enough to do something about it, doesn’t just yawn and go about its merry way. The world does not exactly have a sterling track record when it comes to dealing harshly with tyrants.
Other Posts of Interest:
- To the IOC, “Some Risk” Apaprently Now Means, “Air You Can Chew”.
- The President Whiffs on the Olympics, but Our Athletes Come Through
- Censorship? In China? The Deuce You Say!
Category: 2008 Olympics
