Meanwhile, in the Rest of the World…
While we’re up here bickering over the election, the tyrants around the world are still perfecting their repugnant craft.
Hugo Chavez, Hollywood’s second-favorite tyrant, has expelled Human Rights Watch from Venezuela. He claims they’re in cahoots with President Bush to overthrow him. Strangely enough, he’s half right. Though HRW and the President aren’t working together, they’d both pop a few corks if Chavez were to suddenly find himself strung up from a light stanchion by his formerly-oppressed countrymen.
Meanwhile, North Korea has decided to take the US offer of increased trade and removal from the Axis of Evil and throw it back in our faces. Apparently, Kim Jong Il wants to lean on President Bush a bit in his final months and has resumed work at the Yongbyon reactor to emphasize the point. That, or the Norks are gambling that they’ll have a more pliant and naive negotiating partner come our next Inauguration Day. Negotiations seem to depend on if the Dear Leader doesn’t die before he meets our next President. Rumors are that Kim Jong might be quite Il . There are rumors of a stroke and the Norks are getting pretty darned twitchy at the barest mention of the subject. That’s not usually a good sign for the health of a Communist leader (anyone else remember how often Tass and Izvestia told us how hale and healthy Yuri Andropov was just a day or so before he kicked off?).
It’s still a very dangerous world out there. Perhaps we could pay attention to that a bit more rather than arguing about what shade of lipstick Sarah Palin wears.
Other Posts of Interest:
- Bolton Speaks on North Korea. His Moustacheness is Not Pleased.
- De-Nuking North Korea? Yep, Looks Like We Won Another One.
- Chalk Another One Up for the Good Guys – Colombia FARCs a Bunch of Terrorists and Gets to Poke Hugo Chavez in His Big, Fat Eye.
Category: No More Tyrants
