Thomas W. WalkerThinkers

Free elections (n.) meant, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in the Salvadoran model held up for Iraq, numbered ballots in clear plastic boxes before armed soldiers, after state terror had silenced the opposition.

Vote (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be cast with a gun to the head: Nicaraguans chose Washington's candidate in 1990 after a terror war that killed the equivalent of 2.25 million Americans.