I love how one of the arguments for justifying the war in Iraq is that we are liberating the people and letting them enjoy personal freedoms that they have not been able to experience under Sadaam. Well if that is how we really feel and we don't want to be viewed as hypocrites then we should add Saudi Arabia to the list of countries we are going to invade next.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3321637.ece
Oh wait, we are friendly with them even though they don't have a democracy and don't treat people equally. To be clear this does not bother me at all. Saudi Arabia should be allowed to do what they want. They are a sovereign nation that does not need to be told that they have to model their government and laws like the U.S. However, if the U.S. is going to "spread" democracy (using term spread very loosely) and liberty then they might want to consider sanctioning the Saudi's for the way they treat their citizens. Didn't we just slap sanctions on Burma for their government cracking down on a democratic protest by the monks? We don't care about Burma because they offer us nothing.
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