Robber Barons

By dave on February 6, 2006 2:03 AM | Permalink

Tom Legg, over at Dai Tou Laam notes two incidents of the US Justice Department putting pressure on banks doing business with countries that the Bush Administration doesn't like.

I thought these right-wing Bush following types loved free enterprise? I mean, here they are criticising a company for making money in a country they consider to be evil, while:

Dick Cheney supported South Africa during Apartheid and opposed the release of Nelson Mandela; (link)
The Bush Administration does business wih Uzbekistan, where they boil dissenters alive; (link)
Both are oilmen, and very closely associated with Saudi Arabia, a country which makes Iran look like Amsterdam.(link)

So it's OK if they make money in a country which isn't liked by most of the world, but it's wrong for anyone else to do so. Hypocrites.

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