tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post116423831933378686..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: six Christian pastors were removed from a flightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1164425173807573482006-11-25T14:26:00.000+11:002006-11-25T14:26:00.000+11:00I hope Glenn knows better than that.I hope Glenn knows better than that.«—U®Anu§—»https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044248315262502099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1164351510651267392006-11-24T17:58:00.000+11:002006-11-24T17:58:00.000+11:00I am interested in the comments about what we are ...I am interested in the comments about what we are to think of the neo-conservative's failure.<BR/><BR/>I read this,<BR/><BR/>"The primary impetus for invading Iraq, according to those attending NSC briefings on the Gulf in this period, was to make an example of Hussein, to create a demonstration model to guide the behavior of anyone with the temerity to acquire destructive weapons or, in any way, flout the authority of the United States."<BR/><BR/>http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=142383<BR/><BR/>...and it struck me how similar our invasion of Iraq has been to our work in any number of other invasions. So, in Vietnam, we were there to keep the dominoes from falling. In Nicaragua, we're there to keep the commies from invading Texas. The blockade of Cuba is to prevent the problem of a good example. <BR/><BR/>What the neo-cons instigated in Iraq then isn't any different than what the movers and shakers in American foreign policy have been doing since forever. They wouldn't have thought that invading other countries for no real good reason was anything unusual, or anything they would have expected to be spanked for.<BR/><BR/>It's all about the management of perceptions. We don't ever seem to care about what's really going on or what the blowback of our blundering might be, so long as we can manage the perceptions.<BR/><BR/>By being so concerned about perception management we don't do anything to really deal with the issues at hand. We don't do anything that would really protect our interest in a stable world.<BR/><BR/>But, just getting rid of the neo-cons won't solve the problem that we invade other countries for the same reason that the general had the boy torn apart by dogs in Karamazov's story. He did it to show what would happen to anyone who would think to lift their lips up off his boots.<BR/><BR/>anger. anger..sigh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1164240931422801302006-11-23T11:15:00.000+11:002006-11-23T11:15:00.000+11:00Sure, show me in the Bible where Jesus tells his d...Sure, show me in the Bible where Jesus tells his disciples to go kill people? Then wait until some Christians crash a plane into the white house. Then we can ban them from getting on a plane. You show no discernment or logic.thomas4881https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337348235222023630noreply@blogger.com