Analyst explains how Republicans went from condemning 'tyrants' to 'sycophants for one'

Analyst explains how Republicans went from condemning 'tyrants' to 'sycophants for one'

Atlantic writer Adam Serwer writes American presidents have always defined tyrants “by their willingness to use military force against their own people in reprisal for political opposition.” Ronald Reagan declared “it is dictatorships, not democracies, that need militarism to control their own people." Bill Clinton justified military strikes against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein claiming Hussein used his nations arsenal “against his own people.”…