Let Freedom Ring (up on the cash register?)
Just a thought: how far would you go to remove the worst dictators from power?
For some people, the answer is "Never to war". While I personally disagree, let's look at it another way.
How much would you pay to buy out the North Korean government? To officially have them surrender to South Korea and reuinify that nation?
Would you pay Kim Jong Il $100 million?
Could you let him come to Hollywood?
Bankroll a few movies for him?
Would you grant him immunity for his past?
give him a no-extradition clause, so he couldn't be tried elsewhere for his rule?
How much are you willing to pay for the freedom of every single North Korean?
What if it was, say Cuba? How much would you pay Castro to allow a fair, open national election for his successor, and if he allowed people who feld to return and run? Assuming, of course, it was a genuine offer?
Is the truth that many are not willing to pay for the freedom of others, either with blood or with currency?
If the Mad Mullahs in Iran offered to leave the country for a tropical pacific island... for $1 trillion over 20 years, would you advise the President to accept?
Think carefully. What is the price of freedom? How much is it worth?
If the thugs running kleptocracy in Africa was willing to pick up and leave, clearing the way for a far more open, less corrupt government, what price would you pay?
I fear the truth is that we in the United States are too often unwilling to pay any price for freedom, because we're so hypersensitive about nonsense "threats" to our own that we simply have nothing left to care about anyone else.
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