... And another thing!!

American liberals are often accused of "hating America" the minute they criticize anything their government does, never more so than now under a Republican administration. Leave it to us in Kuwait to import some of the less than desirable elements of political discourse; Kuwaiti liberals are always accused of "hating Kuwait" for daring to criticize the government.

The killer is that these slurs get thrown around by a variety of low-lifes and paid hacks, all of whom stand to benefit from the largesse of those in government whose existence is propped by the corrupt status quo.

When liberals criticize the government, it's because we love Kuwait and want it to be a better country because it can! Even when the criticisms are aimed directly at certain members of the Al-Sabah family, it's never out of hatred or the desire to overthrow them.. we just want them to be better people and do a better job, because it's within their power to be that and much more!

But of course, it's so much easier to maintain the status quo than to actually work to improve things. Just as it's so much easier to criticize Kuwaiti liberals than to actually listen to what they have to say..