After arguing that it's been a good week for "Dear Leader Kim Jong Il," Saddam Hussein and the leaders of Iran and Al-Qaeda, Brooks claims "this week's news was a humiliating setback for the United States' homegrown authoritarians — a.k.a. the Bush administration."
Just in case anyone missed her point, Brooks addds:
"Like Kim and the Iranian mullahs, our own 'Dear Leader' — President Bush — prizes ideology and loyalty uber alles."
So W's not just a member of the Axis of Evil - he's a Nazi too. Nice two-fer, Rosa!
Brooks finishes with a bang:
"This was a good week for foreign authoritarians, and a bad week for our homegrown ones.
"But there's a silver lining for our local authoritarians. If the North Koreans or the Iranians ever do manage to take over the globe, our homegrown authoritarians may have to go through a brief period of reeducation. But after that, they're gonna fit right in."
So George Bush is a [thrice-accused] "homegrown authoritarian." Someone who would "fit right in" if the world's worst dictators ever took over. And - oh yeah - there's a whiff of old Adolph to him.
But - all together now - Rosa Brooks doesn't hate George Bush!
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