Want to hear something really scary?
When W. talks, I get nervous. Can the President get a do-over?
He meant to say we can win the war on terror. Honest. It's all part of our "catastrophic victory" campaign.
So, here's what was scaring me this morning after watching Shrub blather to Matt Lauer. Iraq is getting pitched like this by the GOP talking heads for the R.N.C. this week:
And if that was the total context, I'd have to agree. In jail, or out? Better he be in.
However, if the question was asked in context, like so:
Well, then, maybe not, if we had to go get him like that.
And after I voiced this opinion (having not had an unexpressed opinion since I was about 4 years old), Spouse of Malcontent said this:
Yep, good call by SoM. That's much more scary.
He meant to say we can win the war on terror. Honest. It's all part of our "catastrophic victory" campaign.
So, here's what was scaring me this morning after watching Shrub blather to Matt Lauer. Iraq is getting pitched like this by the GOP talking heads for the R.N.C. this week:
"So what if there was no WMDs? The world is a better place with Saddam in jail. "
And if that was the total context, I'd have to agree. In jail, or out? Better he be in.
However, if the question was asked in context, like so:
Are we in a better place with Saddam in jail, even though
1) we had to declare war on a nation that was not a threat to us at the time, was not engaged in aggression towards us, and was not at war with our allies?
2) we moved to a policy of pre-emptive attack against those we unilaterally designate as enemies?
and 3) we have waged unprovoked war upon a sovereign nation (admittedly, one led by a bad guy), creating an impression that no one in the muslim world will soon forget about the lengths to which we will go to "ensure our safety"?
Well, then, maybe not, if we had to go get him like that.
And after I voiced this opinion (having not had an unexpressed opinion since I was about 4 years old), Spouse of Malcontent said this:
"I think the scary part is that much of the world is probably looking to see if we will kick out this guy in November. Because that is what American democracy means to much of the world: that we can remove an aggressive, militaristic, power-hungry ruler without riots and civil war.
If he goes, the world can see that we don't support his actions and that our democracy is working. If he wins the election--what does that say about our support for his policies? And if he 'wins' like last time...what does that say about our democracy?"
Yep, good call by SoM. That's much more scary.
posted by The Malcontent at 4:30 PM
3 Comments:
The thing that scares me even more than that is that the guy claiming to "represent the free world" is involved with a political party that is doing everything it can to not hear a word the opposition has to say. They require oaths of allegiance to get into where he answers questions, they have everyone within 100 yards of their convention arrested, they arrest those who protest, even legally, even in ways that people are first told by the police are okay... And the cornerstone of all of their policies is this bizarre laissez faire "thing" that amounts to giving more to those who already have plenty in the hopes that those few may be benevolent enough to spur the economic growth necessary for the pie to be big enough that the bottom can live off the scraps.
Two hundred years ago, give or take a few, this country killed its way to freedom from a monarchy, primarily for the benefit of a landed elite. Now we have our own aristocracy, and it's built on the backs of the lower and middle classes, not unlike that old monarchy. At what point is it acceptable to kill our way to freedom again?
Do I need to remind people that we are being led in a sometimes winnable, sometimes UN-winnable war by a man who nearly martyred himself to snack-food?? All they have to do is send the man a case of pretzels and they may unthrone the leader of the free world. I particularly like how those who don't agree with defecit warmongering are called "economic girlie men" by a guy who is mortgaging his historically indebted state into a hole. Go back to not acting. You were better at that than not governing.
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