Thursday, June 01, 2006

Freedom of expression, right?

US aide critical of Somalia payments is moved - The Boston Globe:

"NAIROBI -- A US official involved with Somalia has been transferred from his job after criticizing payments to clan leaders, diplomats said yesterday. The payments are said to be fueling some of Mogadishu's worst fighting."

And I was seriously under the impression that the Bush administration welcomed diverging points of views, and that they were not one track minded in their various decisions and actions. What a shock this was, oh my God!...

Read the full article, it is the stuff of novels!

2 comments:

Brian said...

"And I was seriously under the impression that the Bush administration welcomed diverging points of views, and that they were not one track minded in their various decisions and actions. "

I assume this was tongue in cheek. I hope you didn't really believe that. This was obvious 4 years ago.

TheMalau said...

More tongue in cheek, and I would have a hole in my cheek :)

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