Woo! Scandal…
Apparently the Blogosphere push to raise $50,000 for Spirit of America has not gone untainted. Hee…
Getting Our War On
Thomas Friedman has an excellent piece in the International Herald Tribune today about getting our war on.
One Anti-War Argument
One anti-war argument - Junius - making some good points which I want to respond to, but my brain is full at the moment.
All Quiet On The Political Front
Yeah, I’ve been wimping out on the political front lately, but I feel a stirring that will lead to involved screed soon - I need to check my remembered facts to make sure I’m not just talking out my ass. In the meanwhile, thanks to Winds of Change for making this point:
“The key to low casualty urban combat isn’t technology. It is attitude.
The point isn’t to defeat the enemy in “urban terrain”.
It is to remove the urban terrain.“
If we havn’t the stomach to do that, we will be sending our troops to hard, futile deaths. More later…
Mini-Screed
With his permission, here’s a mini-screed from The Shadow that I think was triggered by my IM-ing him the link to Sullivan’s Salon screed. I’d really like to get him to guest-blog here once in a while - he’s purty.
“I would like to see an anti-war movement actually have intelligent, insightful people behind it. Unfortunately, both sides are appealing to the emotional elements in people. The pro-war: Fear. The anti-war: Warm snuggly bunny oh no someone’s gonna get hurt and that’s BAD shit. I’m not sure if it’s that people are incapable of arguing the points in an intelligent and insightful manner or if the people trying to get the messages out simply don’t think we’re smart enough. I suspect it’s actually neither. I think they KNOW we can think for ourselves, and the best way to appeal to people is through an emotional entry point. Just like advertising. But we had better have a war fast, or people will start talking. They’re already talking. Hopefully, someone will actually stand up and open a friggin’ dialog. One that the people can participate in, not this Fiefdom shit that no one is allowed to actually be a part of. I hate politics. I’d end up challenging Senators to duels if I was in office.”