Obama’s new free speech threat
An Executive order seeks to punish U.S. citizens even for “indirectly” obstructing dictatorial rule in Yemen
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/obamas_new_free_speech_threat/
Oh, and by the way, bla bla bla the Constitution is shredded, bla bla bla.
The US has worked long and hard to earn its negative reputation in the rest of the world. It has a very long and extensive track record of creating and/or supporting brutal dictators, as long as the dictator in question can provide enough ‘democratic’ cover that the US can shout loudly that the people elected the dictator. Of course, sometimes the US just outright supports dictators, see Bahrain and Saudi Arabia (while not technically dictatorships, that is simply the result of word smithing).
I suppose the real wonder is how little action there has been against the US over the years. I suppose that most people oppressed by US supported dictators would be nearly equally as oppressed if the US didn’t actively support them (possibly oppressed by other people, I guess), so perhaps they don’t view the US’s activities as directly responsible for their circumstances.
How much longer before US citizens criticizing the US government becomes subject to sanctions and then incarceration? I don’t see anything changing for the better in the next 4 years at least, both candidates are of exactly the same mind in so many ways. The only way I see change is possible is to elect Ron Paul.
