Comments on: A New Strategy for Iran

By: LJD

LJD — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:18:25 +0000

My comments were cherry-picked and presented to show irony, where there was none. There is no point responding to such a sophomoric attempt. However, I can understand how an idiot might pick up on such a falsehood.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:13:30 +0000

Its cool LJD, we realize you don't really have much to shoot back with.

By: LJD

LJD — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:23:24 +0000

Lame. Very.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:32:24 +0000

I don’t recall that there ever was one

But, in the case of 9-11, yes it was largely his fault

Your sense of irony in unmatched, LJD.

By: LJD

LJD — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:54:41 +0000

You're a couple of posts too late. Scroll down and read. I guess you felt outclassed in that commentary. No places to inject 'Iraq is a quagmire!'

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:37:13 +0000

LJD,

Its a legit question, and its easy to see why you would want to run from it.

For a tough terrorist fighter, you spend an awful lot of time whining dude...

By: LJD

LJD — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:14:13 +0000

Um, your 'general question' has nothing to do with the post, other than a few similar words in the first sentence. I guess the reading comprehension difficulty goes beyond the article and into the comments as well.

Correction: Actual fighter, coincidentally able to use keyboard. Wipe the spittle from your chin.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:51:00 +0000

Alex,

My question was a general one, not directed specifically at you. If it had been directed at you, I would have used your name to preface the sentence. Its one of those little things things that careful reading reveals.

I am sure that LJD and some of the other fighting 101st keyboardists have lists of traitors and appeasers close at hand :)

By: LJD

LJD — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:47:12 +0000

It may take a while after that for the meme to actually go away, note how long the “everything is Clinton’s fault” meme lasted.

I don't recall that there ever was one, with those on their knees for him in charge of most all media outlets.

But, in the case of 9-11, yes it was largely his fault, and that may be why you've heard it recently.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:16:58 +0000

LJD:

sooner or later you’ll have to abandon the "everything is Bush’s fault" meme and get some ideas of your own.

The appropriate time for that would be after gaining control of at least one house of Congress, or the White House, whichever comes first. It may take a while after that for the meme to actually go away, note how long the "everything is Clinton's fault" meme lasted.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:58:40 +0000

Cernig - Thanks for that. I corrected the entry. As for what makes Rauch's ideas different, what struck me about this article was the integration of several ideas into a pretty cohesive whole.

By: The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Containing Iran

The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Containing Iran — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:26:12 +0000

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By: Cernig

Cernig — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:21:53 +0000

I'm fairly sure you meant Iran when you wrote Iraq in your first sentence, Alex. O'course none of the uber-right noticed, what's a letter or two between wars eh? Still, I'm unclear on why Rauch's idea is "different". This stuff has been said before, hundreds of times, by non-neocons from Right to Left in the US and by just about everyone else anywhere in the world who bothers to think clearly about it for three seconds. Is the difference that someone at NJ finally discovered some sanity among the wardrums? Regards, Cernig

By: LJD

LJD — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:18:18 +0000

Anjin and the left appear to be lacking in reading comprehension...

That said, sooner or later you'll have to abandon the "everything is Bush's fault' meme and get some ideas of your own.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:08:40 +0000

anjin-san: If you read carefully, note that what I said was the rather foolish dichotomy of “all-out war or all-out surrender” that seems to be being pushed by Iran hawks.. In other words, I do not think that anything less than war equals surrender--but there are those hawks that do.