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March 11, 2005
Natan Sharansky
Moonbat Central has an informative post on Natan Sharansky, author of The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror — a book reputed to have had tremendous influence on Bush's Middle East policy, which has been paying such promising dividends lately. Like most people with first-hand experience with communism, he is adamantly opposed to it; in fact, he spent time in Moscow's Lefortovo prison and a Siberian gulag on trumped-up spy charges for advocating human rights in his native Soviet Union. After finally escaping to Israel, he became a cabinet minister. He continues to champion freedom and democracy to this day, earning him intense enmity from the Left. Head over to Moonbat Central to learn more about this admirable individual and those who oppose him.
Posted by Van Helsing at March 11, 2005 1:45 PM
Comments
Thanks for the tip, VH. Rush interviewed Sharansky in the January 2005 (I think) Limbaugh Letter and I was tremendously impressed and moved by his life story and deep belief in freedom as first and foremost a state of mind. No wonder his book is on Bush's nightstand.
Posted by: The MaryHunter at March 11, 2005 2:00 PM
Very interesting information there. I didn't know the war was inspired by a book.
Posted by: Jay at March 12, 2005 2:58 AM
Are you quite certain that it did, Jay? That would put it in league with the likes of The Bible, Mein Kampf, and most recently, the Koran...
Posted by: The MaryHunter at March 12, 2005 7:54 AM
I don't think so. If you want to put a book about Freedom in the same league as Mein Kampf, you've got your head in the koolaid jug.
Posted by: Cao at March 12, 2005 8:45 PM
