What force as a governing philosophy looks like, part deux
Just a reminder of what we are up against and what repression and regression, the opposite of progress, looks like.
Every time Americans, Westerners, liberal democrats and anyone celebrates force as a governing philosophy, this is what that philosophy looks like in reality.
Much of the world takes seriously force as a governing philosophy. Most of the history of humanity has done so.
And this is what that legacy looks like when we are not sugarcoating and rationalizing it.
Be careful what you wish for.
There are people who would like to make sure that you get it.
In fact, it is the entire purpose of terrorism.
And if the terrorists don't do it to us, perhaps we will do it to ourselves.
That is the choice we face today.
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How would Tony Blair put it?
There is a myth that though we love freedom, others don't; that our attachment to freedom is a product of our culture; that freedom, democracy, human rights, the rule of law are American values or Western values; that Afghan women were content under the lash of the Taliban; that Saddam was somehow beloved by his people; that Milosevic was Serbia's savior.
Ours are not Western values. They are the universal values of the human spirit, and anywhere--anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.
The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defense and our first line of attack. "
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