You have to do Kremlinology with the neocons. Study the pictures, see who’s missing.
Well, the latest Commentary I got has as its lead coverline, "Stopping Iran: Why the Case for Military Action Still Stands," by one Norman Podhoretz. If you read the article, though, it’s not a consideration of "a case for military action" still standing. It is that case. Podhoretz is emphatic that we have the same opportunity to stop Iran now as England and France had to stop Hitler in 1938. Ah, calm thinking. Between bombing Iran and letting Iran get the bomb, "there is simply no contest," Podhoretz says. But we must "summon up the courage to see what is staring us in the face and act on what we see."
So you see, Commentary’s headline is deceptive, and suggests a meditation rather than a call-to-arms. The accurate headline for this hysterical farrago would have been, "Why We Must Bomb Iran," or "Why We Must Bomb Iran Before It Gets the Bomb," or some such. I believe that even the neocons are somewhat embarrassed about their track record, and leery of the feverish drum-banging for another Middle East shebang.
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Neurosis masked as Reason.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E7DF1E3FF93BA35750C0A9659C8B63
Is It Good For the Jews?
thats frigin classic.
"You have to do Kremlinology with the neocons. Study the pictures, see who's missing."
What's missing in the pics are all those wide-eyed goyhim in helmets–you know, those who had parents who could not afford to send them to college?
I read this about four times. I am still absolutely puzzled about your argument.
And no, I don't think the headline is deceptive and I don't think Commentary is distancing itself from Norman P. As the latter is a rather daring assumption it feels.
I think Podhoretz' is basically an advertisement: McCain for president. Since as he tells us in the end Israel can't do it.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewArticle.cfm/Stopping-Iran-br–Why-the-Case-for-Military–Action-Still-Stands-11085
"Whereas the old consensus was based on the proposition that (in Senator John McCain’s pungent formulation) “the only thing worse than bombing Iran was letting Iran get the bomb,” the emerging new consensus held the opposite—that the only thing worse than letting Iran get the bomb was bombing Iran."
http://www.forward.com/articles/12556/
Joe Rides Shotgun as McCain’s Straight-Talk Express Rolls On, Jennifer Siegel
"Study the pictures, see who's missing."
Laughing my ass off!!!
Yes, I am a little slow sometimes.
The question who isn't 'the next hitler' to the neocons? Sadaam was the next Hitler, now Iran, next Syria…it never ends….the neocon holy grail 'the next hitler'.
Yes, already Nasser was called Hitler, I learned in Avi Shlaim's The Iron Wall. Amazingly well written. I can't stop reading.
http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Wall-Israel-Arab-World/dp/0393321126/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201830273&sr=8-1
Not very crowded here. So I don't have to say sorry for using up all the space, I guess ;-)
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