Where western leftists and third world fascists meet.(Scan)

How to account for the toppling of a makeshift statue of George Bush in London during the President's recent visit? The symbolism would seem to indicate a desire for the restoration of Saddam Hussein--whose statue was earlier pulled down by overjoyed Iraqis. How could humane pacifists want such a result?

Similar seethings are seen in the U.S., where many liberal commentators cheerfully declare their Bush hatred. This rage is accompanied by an open dismissal of the large majority of Iraqis who, by the evidence of the polls, welcome the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Again the signs point to a repressed sympathy for the aspirations of the Third World socialists and anti-Americans of the Baath Party, and a profound fear of what Bush intends to bring to Iraq instead--an experiment in political liberty and economic freedom.

Here we see another example of an unholy alliance between the West's idealistic Left and various totalitarianisms of the Third World. Though British socialists and Islamic strongmen may differ over the specifics of what is good, they are united in their desire for government-enforced laws that ordain "the good" within their societies. Western leftists o fall sorts (human rights activists, Greens, anti-globalists, race and gender utopians, class levelers, mandatory recyclers, speed limiters, animal activists, and so on) yearn for a government that would force people to "do the right thing"--through law, regulatory restraints, taxation, entitlements, speech codes, political correctness, and so on. What decent people will often act out freely, utopians on a campaign for "the good" would have the government compel. Government mandates, not just appeals to conscience and reason, are what modern Western liberals seek most ...