Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Enemies list
What do these countries have in common?Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam
I mean, other than that they are brutal and disgusting dictatorships.
Don't know? Well, these countries used to be on the same list, but are no longer:Libya, Maldives, Nepal
Still don't know? Answer here.
4 Comments:
By La Cot, at Wed Nov 08, 03:50:00 PM:
Without looking, my first guess would have to be UN human rights council or whatever it is. Because history conclusively proves that that vicious oppression by dictators is the best way to guarantee the preservation of human rights.
By Lanky_Bastard, at Wed Nov 08, 06:51:00 PM:
Three countries are now better than they used to be. Let's give them a virtual cookie.
, atYou mean besides the fact these nations are tyranical sponsors of terrorist and memebers in good standing of the United Nations? We should have nothing more to do with the wvil and wretched UN from here after
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Here's something else that they may have in common:
League of Globalized Rogue States
http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2006/11/06/league-of-globalized-rogue-states/
Remember the good old days, when the techno-libertarian types, the Peter Huber types, and countless other idealists (of both Left and Right, as well as [purported]"Center") were so *sure* that the Internet and the Web (not to mention related new/improved communications tech--fax, cell phones, SMS, etc.) spelled the death-knell for tyrannies worldwide?
It's worth recalling computer scientist David Gelernter’s review of Peter Huber’s “Orwell’s Revenge,” from the 6/12/95 issue of National Review:
http://tinyurl.com/d662x
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mim1282/isn11v47/ai17015275/print