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Pity the Nation

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Pity the nation whose people are sheep

And whose shepherds mislead them"

Pity the nation oh pity the people

Who allow their rights to erode

and their freedoms to be washed away

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

In the past few months, the United States has undergone a kind of transformation that one only reads about in history books from a nation which imperfectly, yet stolidly, embraced the promise, if not principle, of freedom, especially when it came to that most basic of rights - the Freedom of Expression.

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Scott Ritter served as a former Marine Corps officer from 1984 until 1991, and as a UN weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 until 1998. He is the author of several books, including "Iraq Confidential" (Nation Books, 2005) and "Target Iran" (more...)
 

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