Uncle Sam's Tied Hands
Our condolences to the families of the American officials killed in the indefensible and ugly violence taking place overseas, particularly in North African and SW Asian countries. So any scoundrel or two, or a handful, can stir up major trouble in the world with nothing more than a computer or a stunt, and Uncle Sam can do nothing more than say "tut-tut," because the government is so respectful of free speech rights? Really? That would be news to a lot of non-scurrilous, respectful and humane American peace and environmental activists, or American political dissidents and minor party activists, or whistleblowers who have been jailed, arrested, spied-on, or otherwise hounded and harassed by Uncle Sam for excercising their free speech rights -- not to mention the Australian citizen, Julian Assange, who has been hounded and threatened, basically, for being a pesky journalist. However, if extreme rightists can all but ignite wars in far away lands -- or conceivab