Juxtaposition

Neighbors on the news wires this afternoon:

Chinese Premier Defends 1989 Crackdown

China’s premier on Sunday defended the government’s deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, calling the student-led demonstrations a “very serious political disturbance” that had to be put down.

In a rare, nationally televised news conference, Wen Jiabao cited China’s economic advances since then as evidence the government made the right choice.

White House Defends War As Milestone Nears

Bush administration officials said Sunday they do not regret that America went to war against Iraq even though banned weapons have not been found one year after the U.S.-led invasion.

[] Asked on CNN‘s “Late Edition” if the war was worth the lives of the 564 U.S. soldiers killed, Rumsfeld said, “Oh, my goodness, yes. There’s just no question 25 million people in Iraq are free.”

We may have a trade deficit with China, and we may be exporting jobs there, but we’re sure making up the gap in imported propaganda skills.

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