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RUTH WEDGWOOD: Paul Kagame and Rwanda?s Faux Democracy. ?If you?re a betting person, here?s a ?

By Glenn Reynolds

RUTH WEDGWOOD: Paul Kagame and Rwanda’s Faux Democracy. “If you?re a betting person, here?s a safe bet: On August 9, the balloting in the east African state of Rwanda will give world-famous military leader Paul Kagame yet another seven-year term as president. The astonishing margin of victory will impress even the modern grand viziers of Central Asia. The outcome is quite easy to predict, when no other candidates are allowed to campaign. Given this and much else besides, it?s time Washington began to create some distance from a man who has earned his reputation as a de facto despot who terrorizes critics and does not shrink from political violence.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 07, 2010 (boomark / email).