The gall. The hypocrisy. The stupidity.
I simply cannot understand how you can claim to love freedom and democracy, they pull crap like this.
G.I.'s Padlock Baghdad Paper Accused of Lies
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Published: March 29, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 28 -- American soldiers shut down a popular Baghdad newspaper on Sunday and tightened chains across the doors after the occupation authorities accused it of printing lies that incited violence.
Thousands of outraged Iraqis protested the closing as an act of American hypocrisy, laying bare the hostility many feel toward the United States a year after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
"No, no, America!" and "Where is democracy now?" screamed protesters who hoisted banners and shook clenched fists in a hastily organized rally against the closing of the newspaper, Al Hawza, a radical Shiite weekly.
The whole thing is here
It's one thing to hate the press. Everone does. But to simply shut down a newspaper by fiat only confirms the worst imperialist fears. And they knew that; it's pretty obvious. So the message is: "We don't care. Fuck off."
Would that we could write a petition and get the Secret Service to padlock the doors to the West Wing to keep this assholes out of there until we vote them out in eight months.