Driftglass on The Newsblog takes Thomas Friedman of the NYT to task...again
http://www.thenewsblog.net/2007/05/captain-obvious.html
They actually thought they could unite Iraq, while dividing America. Whenever Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney had a choice between seeking political advantage at home or acting in a bipartisan fashion to buy more unity, time and space to do all the heavy lifting needed in Iraq, they opted for political advantage. Tom, how in the fuck dare you be surprised? How dare you? For thirty years the GOP has campaigned and governed on a deep and abiding hatred for government generally, and those who believe in using government as a sword and a shield against the excesses of both unfettered capitalism and theocracy specifically. It has not just practiced a hyperMcCarthesque politics of rend and rule, it is fucking proud of it. It has been a little over 80 years since Adolph Hitler publish "Mein Kampf" in which he explained in some detail what he intended to do: He intended to conquer Europe, kill 20 million Russians, and exterminate the Jews. He was very clear about all of this and methodically set out to check each atrocity off of his "To Do" list while a chorus of the Tom Friedman's of the age said, over and over again until it was far too late, "Well he can't really mean it. "He won't really do it." It cost civilization a bloody world war in which millions died and whole nations were destroyed to stop the planet from being tipped mechanized Dark Ages from which is may never have recovered. And one of the casualties that perished in rubble of the Third Reich was the excuse that, when evil people tell you what they plan to do, they don't really mean it. Of course they mean it. In fact they say it extra loud and clear to recruit others to their depraved cause.
They actually thought they could unite Iraq, while dividing America. Whenever Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney had a choice between seeking political advantage at home or acting in a bipartisan fashion to buy more unity, time and space to do all the heavy lifting needed in Iraq, they opted for political advantage.
Whenever Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney had a choice between seeking political advantage at home or acting in a bipartisan fashion to buy more unity, time and space to do all the heavy lifting needed in Iraq, they opted for political advantage.
Tom, how in the fuck dare you be surprised? How dare you?
For thirty years the GOP has campaigned and governed on a deep and abiding hatred for government generally, and those who believe in using government as a sword and a shield against the excesses of both unfettered capitalism and theocracy specifically.
It has not just practiced a hyperMcCarthesque politics of rend and rule, it is fucking proud of it.
It has been a little over 80 years since Adolph Hitler publish "Mein Kampf" in which he explained in some detail what he intended to do: He intended to conquer Europe, kill 20 million Russians, and exterminate the Jews. He was very clear about all of this and methodically set out to check each atrocity off of his "To Do" list while a chorus of the Tom Friedman's of the age said, over and over again until it was far too late, "Well he can't really mean it.
"He won't really do it."
It cost civilization a bloody world war in which millions died and whole nations were destroyed to stop the planet from being tipped mechanized Dark Ages from which is may never have recovered. And one of the casualties that perished in rubble of the Third Reich was the excuse that, when evil people tell you what they plan to do, they don't really mean it.
Of course they mean it. In fact they say it extra loud and clear to recruit others to their depraved cause.
