posted 02-22-2004 01:21 AM
Tomorrow’s cover page of the Parade asks this question: Who Would You Say is the World’s Worst Dictator? Needless to say, my answer was not even GIVEN as an option – imagine that!!! But here are the Dictators that you should be concerned about. I’ll give you a quick synopsis of what they say their crimes are. I swear it folks – I am NOT making this up! This is journalism at it’s finest - no?!?!?!?1. Kim Jong II, North Korea – worst on civil liberties and political rights (hmm – does neocon agenda sound familiar!)?
2. Than Shwe, Burma – more child soldiers than any other nation (do they mean like 12 and under or what?)
3. Hu Jintao, China – controls all media, uses online spies, executes 4,000 a year (well damn, those sure sound familiar!)
4. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe – shut down media that doesn’t support him, killed and tortured 70,000 (now where did he get that media idea?)
5. Crown Prince Abdullah, Saudi Arabia – unrelated citizens of opposite sex can’t be seen together in public, a woman can’t testify in a divorce, one man’s testimony is equal to two women’s testimony, engage in arbitrary arrests and torture, arrest nonviolent protesters (good God this all sounds absolutely horrible – he should be number 1.
It might be a little backwards but give me a break!)
6. Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea – grows oil-rich while his people live on $1 a day (who’s example are we, I mean, is he following?)
7. Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan – Army has bombed civilians and massacred non-Muslims (does Operation Iraqi Freedom sound familiar?)
8. Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan – his picture appears on country money and his statue is everywhere, rules without opposition (I can hear Carly Simon now – You’re So Vain – heh, heh)
9. Fidel Castro, Cuba – arrests human right’s activists, one-party state (those neo cons sure do get around!)
10. King Mswati III, Swaziland – monarchy state, watched thousands of women dance bear breasted and then chose one as his wife, bans political parties, allows death penalty on any offense (arrest that boob watcher!)
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