Is This What Cheney Had in Mind??
The body of Russian human rights activist Natalya Estemirova was found lying in a ditch riddled with bullet holes. She had been shot, execution style. Witnesses saw 4 unidentified men hustle her into an unmarked white car while walking to the bus stop on her way to work. She was a fearless defender of the truth. Her death is a loss to everyone who hungers and thirsts after righteousness.
The circumstantial details tell an intuitive story. She was a thorn in the side of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin puppet they installed as the Chechnyan president, Ramzan Kadyrov. Qui bono? It seems the Russian state still has the ability to 'disappear' it's critics and it's inconveniences, wherever and whenever they want. remember polonium victim Alexander Litvinenko? Does anyone really believe that Natalya's asassins will be put to justice?
Secret death squads, operating wherever they will--as judge, jury, and executioner.
Is THIS what Cheney had in mind?
Don't be a silly conspiracy theorist. Only a fool believes such things happen anywhere except in movies and political thriller novels.
July 17, 2009 12:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Peace activists, social activists and journalists are being slaughtered all over the place. We silence critics here in the U.S. but we do it by spending public and private money on political counter offensives. The private money is especially offensive because citizens are actually paying for that in the form of increased costs for all manner of services. It sucks knowing proceeds from our patronage of businesses is turned to our disdvantage. We actually pay all the billions of dollars used to lobby our lawmakers seeking support for legislation that is harmful to us. How screwed up is that?
July 17, 2009 1:12 PM | Reply | Permalink