Don't mess with a man who knows how to make an outline. Steven Den Beste has the plan. (This also heralds the return of that Hesiod Theogeny (sic) guy. Hadn't heard from him in a while. Oh joy.)
To continue: this assessment of the War on Terror's "root causes" and goals will strike those people who think in terms of Big Bully USA vs. Small, Weak, Helpless (if Terrorist-Harboring) Nations as lacking in elements conducive to feelings of warm fuzziness, but such is life.
Posted by Andrea Harris at July 21, 2003 11:45 AMInteresting analysis. Especially interesting for its honesty that the whole public case for war was "diplomatic fiction" to allow us to "nation build" in the region. Go U.S.! Maybe if the administration had sold it on that basis - "They need a spanking and we're the ones to do it" - the administration wouldn't be in the public relations "it's not the action, it's the lying" mess they are now.
Posted by: Adam at July 21, 2003 at 03:21 PMMy God. It's increasingly difficult not to hate them outright, isn't it?
Posted by: Dean Esmay at July 22, 2003 at 04:18 AM