And so it begins

Bush issues executive order blocking property of persons said to be interfering in the democracy of Lebanon. Lebanon today, tomorrow? And who are these certain people? Are they American citizens? Will they have any habeas corpus rights? Remember the poem:

First They Came for the Jews

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

Pastor Martin Niemöller