Moore's Logic - Michael Moore

Moore's Logic - Michael Moore on geopolitics:

“Saddam Hussein is a brutal dictator,” he added, “and I hope he’s removed as soon as possible. But nonviolently.”

I'd like to learn more about this concept of removing dictators "non-violently".

I can think of the following:

• Dictators Removed Violently: Romania, Grenada, Germany, Italy, Japan
• Dictators Removed When Their Implied Threat of Violence Backfired: USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, et al
• Dictators Removed Without Reference to Violence: Er...help me? Anyone?

I'd suspect Mr. Moore doesn't know, either.

UPDATE: An email correspondent suggests Slobodan Milosevich for the "Dictators Removed Without Reference to Violence" category. But I'd say the NATO bombing campaign had a lot to do with that - as sloppily-done as it was, it went a long way toward showing the dictator that the west had had enough.

Posted by Mitch at March 30, 2003 08:38 PM