Oppressive Occupation
April 10, 2005
This morning NBC News interviewed an Iraqi man who said, looking right into the camera, “The Iraqi people were oppressed under Saddam Hussein; now they are oppressed by the occupation.”
Obviously, this man needs to be sent to the Claremont Institute for a month of reindoctrination in “Hard Wilsonianism” and the unquestioned virtue of anything and everything the U.S. government does. He’ll come out quoting Abraham Lincoln, singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic, and praising his new masters.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
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