Friday, November 18, 2005
Giving regicide a bad name
I think kings who wield actual rather than ceremonial power are absurd. When they maintain power by oppressing their people (as virtually all do), I say that the French had the right idea. As any good American knows, monarchy was a bad idea in the 18th century. It is a ridiculous, risible, laughable form of government in the 21st century. The monarchies of the Middle East are no exception. Whether "friends" of the United States or not, whether "good guys" or not, the kings have got to go.
So it is with enormous discomfort that I learned this morning that that parody of a rebel, the hated Abu Masab al-Zarqawi, apparently agrees with me. It's enough to give regicide a bad name.
So it is with enormous discomfort that I learned this morning that that parody of a rebel, the hated Abu Masab al-Zarqawi, apparently agrees with me. It's enough to give regicide a bad name.
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