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Among the excuses for going to war against both Afghanistan and Iraq was the perennial claim that we were bringing them freedom from tyranny. This many years since the wars began, it’s fair to look at the state of freedom there, don’t you think?

In Afghanistan, the parliament brought to power by the U.S. occupation is poised to pass a new law that will censor the press. In the name of “respect for Islamic values,” politicians will be able to silence those who would, among other things, poke fun at them.

Meanwhile, U.S. occupation forces in Iraq are building a wall creating a Sunni ghetto in Baghdad, over the loud objections of the people who we have freed from tyranny other than our own. Typically, U.S. forces began construction under cover of darkness, apparently hoping that a wall twelve feet high and three miles long would not be noticed.