this is RIGHT on the mark

(once again, hat tip to bifurcated rivets

dana milbank's column

in today's wapo, could NOT possibly have a better title.
Hitting the Mute Button on the Freedom Agenda
By Dana Milbank
Just last Thursday, President Bush spoke of his Freedom Agenda spreading democracy across the globe: "We are standing with those who yearn for liberty."
Yesterday, the Bush administration unveiled a pragmatic new foreign policy: The Stand by Your Man Agenda. In the intervening period, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, a U.S. ally, had suspended his country's constitution, arrested Supreme Court judges, closed media outlets, and beat or imprisoned demonstrators by the hundreds -- using some of his billions of dollars in American military aid to impose martial law. .......