The facts belie the hyperbole

While Bush haters rant on about conspiracy theories in which people who dared to cross him vanished forever (despite a complete lack of any evidence, direct or inferential), we continue to get real world examples of horrible dictatorships in which daring to criticize the government results in punishment or even death — with the most recent example coming from a British missionary couple that dared to criticize the dictatorial Muslim government in Gambia.