The Conventional Wisdom
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Tom Tomorrow’s latest unpatriotic outrage is up at HufPo. It consists of nothing but the actual words of chickenhawk blowhards congratulating themselves on their splendid little war, 4 years ago next month.
“Military action will not last more than a week.” [Bill O’Reilly]
“Pop psychology [says] that the Shia can’t get along with the Sunni. . . . There’s almost no evidence of that.” [Bill Kristol]
“The three-week swing through Iraq has utterly shattered skeptics’ complaints.” [Tony Snow]
“The only people who think this wasn’t a victory are Upper West Side liberals . . .” [Charles Krauthammer]
. . . and so on . . .
(Hey, Chuck, I didn’t move to the Upper West Side - and almost immediately get evicted - for two more years. I thought you were an ass anyway, and still do.)
My God, where does he come up with such things?!
Tom Tommorrow’s a great little comic…
The quotes are four years old, and though it should have been obvious that the administration was not being forthright on Iraq, most people finally realized they were had. What is sad, given the administration’s response to the war spending bill, is that Bush and Cheney think people are still going to buy into their rhetoric.
“The women like this war. I think we like having a hero as our president…”
That’s spin of the worst kind…using the word “hero” to describe a guy who avoided military service, didn’t hesitate to send other people’s kids when he had the chance, and tried to smear a genuine war hero who didn’t hesitate to go (twice) when his number came up…
Great plug for us upper-west side liberals…apparently our reputation proceeds us…
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