On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
We take one standard on electoral process in a place like Thailand, and then we'll say--or we will not say, to Vietnam or China, that they should even have elections.
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congress.govWe take one standard on electoral process in a place like Thailand, and then we'll say--or we will not say, to Vietnam or China, that they should even have elections.
Jim Webb critiques the differing U.S. standards for electoral processes in various countries.
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Senator Webb, your efforts with respect to Burma have played an essential role in this regard.
As a Senator, I have never forgotten what mattered all those years, that my country was willing to invest in me when I returned home from my military service.
If the government is so repressive that it deliberately kills its own people--that is the standard where you say that government no longer has validity--then it does not matter how powerful that government is.