Politically Correct Interventionism

by | Jan 19, 2005 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

The first black female Secretary of State testified yesterday at her confirmation hearing that we now have an adjunct to the infamous “Axis of Evil” — the Outposts of Tyranny:

“To be sure, in our world there remain outposts of tyranny and America stands with oppressed people on every continent … in Cuba, and Burma (Myanmar), and North Korea, and Iran, and Belarus, and Zimbabwe.”

You’ll note that this new grouping of targets is geographically and ethnically diverse: a multicultural rainbow coalition of bad guys. Cuba — Hispanic. Burma — Asian. Belarus — European. Zimbabwe — African. Iran and North Korea are thrown in as reminders..

But this is an encouraging development: she left out Russia. Although I’m sure that was just an oversight, to be corrected shortly.

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