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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
Tue, 07 Jun 2005
Boy, Metafilter is on today...
This
is exceedingly cool... there are a lot of others, but this one... wow.
Posted at 10:58 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink]
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In Their Own Words
Take a look at the American Taliban page.
For example, hear Pat Robertson:
"You say you're supposed to be
nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and
this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense, I don't have to be nice to
the spirit of the Antichrist."
Or, Randall Terry:
"I want you to just let a wave of
intolerance wash over. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over
you. Yes, hate is good...Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a
biblical duty, we are called by God to conquer this country. We don't
want equal time. We don't want pluralism."
And, finally, George W. Bush talking to these people:
"God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he
instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am
determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I
will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus
on them."
Wake up, gang. These people are as real as a heart attack.
Posted at 10:42 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink]
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The State Of The Iraqi Campaign
From Metafilter:
NEWSWEEK's
Baghdad bureau chief, departing after two years of war and American
occupation, has a few final thoughts. A short, yet refreshingly
honest, look at Iraq from a respected journalist on the way home.
What went wrong? A lot, but the biggest turning point was the Abu
Ghraib scandal. Since April 2004 the liberation of Iraq has become a
desperate exercise in damage control. The abuse of prisoners at Abu
Ghraib alienated a broad swath of the Iraqi public. On top of that, it
didn't work. . . . The four-square-mile Green Zone, the one place in
Baghdad where foreigners are reasonably safe, could be a showcase of
American values and abilities. Instead the American enclave is a
trash-strewn wasteland of Mad Max-style fortifications. The traffic
lights don't work because no one has bothered to fix them. The garbage
rarely gets collected. Some of the worst ambassadors in U.S. history
are the GIs at the Green Zone's checkpoints. They've repeatedly punched
Iraqi ministers, accidentally shot at visiting dignitaries and behave
(even on good days) with all the courtesy of nightclub bouncersto
Americans and Iraqis alike.
Posted at 09:05 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink]
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