apathy? who cares?

[rone]

Here's my take on the war: don't give a fuck.  Bomb away, give `em democracy, give `em peace, put Saddam Hussein in Camp X-Ray.  Ten years from now, Iraq will still be a horrible place.  "Our" "victory" will be empty.  Same as it ever was.  History is so last millennium.

I suppose i could be optimistic and look forward to when one of our little sorties will buck the trend.  If nothing else, hey, we might actually learn something this time... ha, who am i kidding.  Here, fucking read this, will you?  That's a good chap.

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[littleamerica.livejournal.com]

I didn't have any clue until yesterday that Zogby isn't a neoconservative himself. His use of phrases like "neoconservative infantile fantasy" and "neoconservatives reject the practice of diplomacy" somewhat disabused me of that notion.

There is also a fundamental disdain for and even rejection of the most fundamental assumptions and philosophy of international diplomacy. Neoconservatives reject the practice of diplomacy. But diplomacy is what you do when you build structures to bridge the gap and mediate the differences between different systems in the world. It is the opposite of the Manichean and apocalyptic, even childishly simplistic fantasy of seeing the "other" only as an evil to be confronted and annihilated.

That's huge. I think I've finally found the text for that tattoo I've been wanting.