Freedom, when it suits US

No one who watched the exhilaration and exuberance of Iraqis facing down the threat of bullets in order to cast their ballots can fail to have been moved. And for those who were actually in Iraq to witness this first hand, battle-hardened and cynical journalists included, it must have been bliss indeed to be alive at dawn 30 January and relief to be still alive at dusk. Ironically, the enthusiasm and courage with which ordinary people seized their opportunity to choose their own leaders is a repudiation of central parts of American foreign policy.

Related Subject(s): Human Rights and Refugees

Countries: United States