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Might makes right. And what those in power say must be true. Why else would they have the power, after all? And who are we to question them?

Iran's Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 attacks a 'big lie'

It's a foolish mistake that has trailed us for as long as humans have organized governments. And it is the mistake that is at the heart of power, it's manipulations and its abuses.

Those who have it will have you believe that they know, unerringly, what to do with it. And that is the danger.

We take for granted a free country where we can challenge that notion at our own risk. If you want to see a country that believes that might makes right and that the use of force trumps honest understanding, this is the regime.

The question for us is, "Do we want to look more like them? Or less?"