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Reagan’s speech shattered the illusions of moral relativists everywhere and highly embarrassed the Soviet government. It indicated that America would no longer make excuses for brutally despotic regimes that threatened our national security. As Noonan writes, “dictatorships cannot continue forever in an atmosphere of truth…[Reagan] refused to lie, and with his words the fall of the ugliest dictatorship in human history began...
Charles Krauthammer fears that a trial of al-Qaeda terrorists in a U.S. or world court would be a "legal circus" [ESSAY, Nov. 26]. Despite that risk, an open trial carries greater moral weight than a military tribunal, which is still associated with injustice and dictatorship in too much of the world. If Americans really want to persuade other countries to embrace our values of freedom and respect for human rights, we should welcome this opportunity to showcase how our democratic society puts into practice its belief in inalienable rights. PAM VINCENT Houston...
...Indonesia's tragedy that such stories of slaughter have become numbingly commonplace since the collapse of the three-decade dictatorship of then President Suharto in 1998. The brutal military repression that kept a dizzying range of religious, cultural and ethnic hatreds in check until then has all but vanished ?with sometimes horrifyingly bloody results. But the story of Sulawesi is different, and what happens there in the coming weeks is critical, not just to the future of President Megawati Sukarnoputri and the country's 210 million people but to Indonesia's neighbors. The ramifications might be felt thousands of miles...
...advisers have also accused journalists from several Western news publications?including TIME?of bias and of being part of a smear campaign against him. The climate of intimidation has some opposition politicians and columnists calling the Prime Minister "Field Marshal Thaksin," a reference to Thailand's days of military dictatorship. "People can't be made to think the same way," King Bhumibol admonished during his speech. "When we have an idea and others say it is not right, they have the right...
...RADIO FREE IRAQ: Will Iraq soon be center stage? Better check out "The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein" by Sandra Mackey (Norton; May). The book is an account of the forces that produced Saddam's dictatorship. According to her publisher, "This book sounds an urgent note of caution: a future Iraq without Hussein could be even more unstable and more problematical to the security of the United States...