Comments on: Africa: Florida is not Zimbabwe

By: LastManStanding

LastManStanding — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:42:21 +0000

While I can’t deny that us-world criticism is, and should be, a two-way street, it genuinely amazes me how the world is willing to criticize even the most minor slip-up or fault of America, while turning a blind eye to many, many other nations which commit gross, flagrant and intentional transgressions against their own people and their neighbors.

For example:
The world protests vigorously when America throws a few suspected terrorists into Guantanamo then sheepishly releases them when they are found innocent

The world is silent when Iran summarily executes homosexuals for being homosexual or women for being raped

The world protests when America’s citizens freely choose a leader whose policies they dislike

The world is silent when hundreds of leaders in hundreds of other countries merely seize power and use every resource available to loot the country, commit atrocities and invade their neighbors

The world protests when an American bomb accidentially kills a single innocent civilian

The world is silent when thousands of innocent civilians are intentionally killed by the likes of Saddam Hussein, the Rwandan Hutus, the Sudanese Janjaweed and so on.

If you want to whine about America’s policies, at least hold the rest of the world to the same standards.

By: Angry African

Angry African — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:52:39 +0000

Dear John,

No, not that type of Dear John letter this time. Just to say that it is a huge honor that you mentioned my blog over here. A huge honor. Thank you.

And to Bob. Mandela and Kaunda. Two people that can hold up to your Founding Fathers. I admire what they did in the face of oppression and stood up for their country the USA. It took cuts. And so did Mandela. I also agree with Brian – I have the right to an opinion if you have the right to an opinion on how the world should be run. You can’t have it both ways. Stay out of the world or be prepared to listen to me as I listen to you.

By: Chukwuebuka

Chukwuebuka — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:07:03 +0000

Very, very, very disappointing how Senator Clinton has run her campaign.
Her recent ‘Zimbabwe’ commen ts trying to justify counting the Florida and Michigan votes are like the magical antics of a town circus that has since lost the awe of spectactors. She is pathetic.

Just GO AWAY, looooooser!

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:54:21 +0000

When you want to rule the world, you’d better care what other peoples think of you. Only when the US returns to its former state as a republic, then the ignorance-bliss strategy might become an option.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:52:41 +0000

Bob, as long as the US government keeps invading foreign countries willy nilly and maintaining interminable occupations for the purpose of let multinationals pillaging natural resources at the costs of thousands of American lives and hundreds of billions of our tax dollars dollars, then you’d BETTER care what people of other countries think of the US.

And any citizenry that willfully elects (once at least) George W. Bush and his cronies forfeits its credibility to criticize anyone else on good government, the rule of law and human rights.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:31:01 +0000

I really don’t care what the people of other countries think of the U.S. Until you get off you butt and form a better government [one that resembles our founding gov't] you will always be repressed by jack asses of all forms -fix what you have-where you are!!