Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Washington ? We have a problem

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6 comments:

Mr roT said...

I had read about this speech elsewhere. That source didn't stress the nuke program, but these lines were present (as here):“We do not accept visions from abroad that try to dissolve the Arab identity and the joint Arab efforts within the framework of the so-called Greater Middle East Initiative.”
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Instead, [the Bush Administration] has witnessed the country reversing earlier gains, arresting political opposition figures, beating street demonstrators, locking up bloggers, blocking creation of new political parties and postponing local elections by two years.

I thought it hilarious that the "Arab identity" (though the Egyptians are about as Arab as the Mormons) consists of running a shitty dictatorship.

Oh well. Seems the "Realists" have won this battle against democracy. Gloat, Pepe. The little Egyptians aren't ready to vote. They need an Arab identity to round them up, beat the shit outta them, and build nukes.

9/20/2006 9:30 AM
Tecumseh said...

Kissinger wins, eh? Vee must pursue real-politik, not Wilsonian utopia. I guess he had a point...

9/20/2006 11:09 AM
The Darkroom said...

By realism, do you mean take one's head out of the sand and accept that the policy is a monumental failure? That'd be dumb. Better let abstract notions of honor guide us - soldiers lives are expandable after all.

9/20/2006 12:34 PM
Mr roT said...

Lives being expAndable sounds good. Where do I sign up?

9/20/2006 11:56 PM
Tecumseh said...

JJ, JJ -- don't rush. Remember what happened to that Chinese fellow when his, ahem, manhood was reattached? Expansion doesn't always work. Think locally, act globally.

9/21/2006 1:41 AM
Mr roT said...

Are you saying I am pseudoconvex?

9/21/2006 10:24 AM

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