better angles and he would let his dander get up. i remember years ago in the mid- 19 90s he was on a show on pbs and they were talking about the vietnam war in his captivity and there was an administration official from the johnson era who was there and he said i d still be held there if you were still in charge. he was not afraid to get people a piece of his mind there. john: well, well, he had quite a reputation on capitol hill. at henry telling us he had quite a sense of humor and he could be a little irascible at times but the world has lost a great patriot and a tremendous supporter of our military and veterans. john, you would remember in chad and i have talked about this but you see them in the senate corridor and he d about to do a tv appearance and a staffer would come up and call
why is this important as we look at the world today? well, in so many of these cases, what we are watching are democratic governments elected freely and fairly that are abusing individual rights, ignoring minority parties and eroding checks and balances. observing the early flowering of this phenomenon in the mid-19 s mid-1990s, i described it as ill liberal democracy and this is the problem we confront in the arab world and so many other developing countries. the good news is that other elements within society are fighting against this kind of illiberal democracy. political groups, student movements, even the clash between the egyptian military and the muslim brotherhood could be useful in the long run because it resembles the clashes between kings and lords, the church and the state, the aristocracy and the eleets. it can look very messy while it s happening. neither side hasnopoly of