I'm actually rooting for Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Before you hyperventilate with outrage, I don't condone or tolerate the loss of life resulting from the demonstrations concerning his re-election. That is a tragedy and it needs to stop.
However, I just can't help to root for tyrants, despots and dictators.
As much as we love democracy and our Bill of Rights, I'm still holding onto hope that I will someone become a tyrant of my own oppressive regime.
After all, those types of governments know how to get things done. Unfortunately, the tyrannical governments have been historically evil while democracy have been notoriously lethargic.
As dictator of my oppressive regime, I would not trample on human rights. I would not "eliminate" my opposition. There would be no "death squads." There would be no reign of terror. Nor would I have a very large harem of concubines.
Instead, I would rule with a kind hand. Yet that hand would also be firm and swift when it came to evil and its sundry of devices.
As a benevolent tyrant, I would stamp out the ills that plague our society, like crime, child abuse, corruption, traffic, NBC, bicycles, Jon & Kate, and identity theft.
So since I hope to be a despot in the future, I feel it's only logically to root for tyrants of the present. One of these times, one of these tyrants will be finally turn out to be the right kind of ruthless.
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