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As activist Medea Benjamin says, the US has no right to "unilaterally [dictate] to other people – be they Palestinian, Iraqi or Venezuelan – who their leaders should be. This is for the people themselves to decide."

Translation:Dictatorships are A-OK with me as long as they are communist. Since they are "working on behalf of the people", those people don't necessarily NEED a say in their future, and they're not entitled to one if they object to the "collective".

I'm surprised she didn't add "Just look how happy the North Koreans are under Kim Jong Il. No one has the right to take their beloved leader away from them."

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As activist Medea Benjamin says, the US has no right to "unilaterally [dictate] to other people – be they Palestinian, Iraqi or Venezuelan – who their leaders should be. This is for the people themselves to decide."

Palestinians had only one "election" to choose Arafat, which was not at all free, and not another one since. The Iraqis have never had a real elelection, Saddam took power in a military coup. And Chavez in Venezuela says he won't step down, even if the voters tell him to hold early elections in an upcoming referendum. Venezuela is a real democracy, but Chavez is abusing the process, he's trashing it. He's acting more and more like a dictator every day. Of course, that never bothered people like Benjamin, who will suck up to any tyrannical regime if its waving a red flag.