tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post5978028225162643572..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Sooner Or LaterSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-89291106901658272142012-02-16T12:21:03.764-06:002012-02-16T12:21:03.764-06:00It reminds me of an old anti-drug commercial, wher...It reminds me of an old anti-drug commercial, where a man says <i>"I use cocaine to help me work harder, and I work hard to earn money to buy cocaine, which...etc.</i>"<br /><br />We need our military to gain and keep access to OIL so that our Military is provided with fuel to wage war in order to get OIL... and so on.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-49110323613861953262012-02-16T11:44:07.134-06:002012-02-16T11:44:07.134-06:00(Sorry, my internet keeps going in and out.)
What...(Sorry, my internet keeps going in and out.)<br /><br />What fish said, and how does Douthat get away with supporting Murray? There must be no minorities with power on the Times.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-7746408535818586672012-02-15T21:34:04.321-06:002012-02-15T21:34:04.321-06:00We are the world's largest superpower and we t...<em>We are the world's largest superpower and we take what we want.</em><br /><br />So, we're sort of like Honey Badger?Tommykeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751182125861177379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-61736363466083773912012-02-15T17:54:07.549-06:002012-02-15T17:54:07.549-06:00off topic, but I need to vent. OMG, Douthat!
http...off topic, but I need to vent. OMG, Douthat!<br /><br />http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/what-charles-murray-gets-right/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-72492444457829301852012-02-15T08:20:40.636-06:002012-02-15T08:20:40.636-06:00Actually, we had to turn all those bases over to I...<i>Actually, we had to turn all those bases over to Iraq, since they wouldn't promise us immunity for our future offenses.</i><br /><br />That was certainly a political defeat, but there are now bases in Iraq built to US military specs, equipped by the US military, supported by a near puppet gov, and will be clear staging areas for any future US military actions. Obama's military plan <a href="http://zcommunications.org/the-obama-defense-plan-roadmap-for-continuing-global-hegemony-by-william-d-hartung" rel="nofollow">includes</a>:<br /><i>In the Middle East, the reduction of U.S. combat forces in Iraq will still leave a residual force of about 16,000, including uniformed military personnel, CIA operatives, and private military contractors. <b>The United States will also be strengthening its network of military bases in the region</b>. ...<br />...Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta spoke of using “innovative means” to maintain a military presence in these two regions. <b>The methods mentioned included increased rotation of U.S. troops through each area, more exercises with local military forces, and an increase in arms transfers and military training</b></i>.<br /><br />We are not leaving Iraq.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-16237868755628556492012-02-15T07:13:23.781-06:002012-02-15T07:13:23.781-06:00It worked out well for Halliburton.
It worked out...<i>It worked out well for Halliburton.</i><br /><br />It worked out <b>great</b> for Exxon, BP, every single domestic exploration and production company, and of course, for our great friend, Saudi Arabia.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-19437005788361752772012-02-14T21:33:30.836-06:002012-02-14T21:33:30.836-06:00It'll be something for the unemployed to do wh...It'll be something for the unemployed to do while the banks take their stuff.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-12377033446991325092012-02-14T18:16:57.023-06:002012-02-14T18:16:57.023-06:00Read the Chomsky piece currently linked at salon.c...Read the Chomsky piece currently linked at salon.com.<br /><br />It probably won't hold any surprises for anyone here, but the Iraq war went bad for who, exactly?<br /><br />Not Haliburton and other defense contractors, nor American and European oil companies.natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-64764704217150726592012-02-14T15:49:11.490-06:002012-02-14T15:49:11.490-06:00But what will they get from invading Iran?
tiny ...<i>But what will they get from invading Iran?</i><br /><br /><br />tiny little chickenhawk stiffies. Better than little blue pills.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-12370144480828412362012-02-14T15:39:29.841-06:002012-02-14T15:39:29.841-06:00It worked out well for Halliburton.It worked out well for Halliburton.atatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-63809264006032633092012-02-14T15:15:32.670-06:002012-02-14T15:15:32.670-06:00Actually, we had to turn all those bases over to I...Actually, we had to turn all those bases over to Iraq, since they wouldn't promise us immunity for our future offenses.<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/21/iraq-rejects-us-plea-basesDownpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-29249575700503436032012-02-14T14:40:52.371-06:002012-02-14T14:40:52.371-06:00Iraq didn't turn out so great.
Iraq turned ou...<i>Iraq didn't turn out so great.</i><br /><br />Iraq turned out great. Look at all the shiny new bases we have there. It is not a coincidence that the Iraq war nearly completely coincided with our required withdrawal from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_Saudi_Arabia" rel="nofollow">Saudi Arabian military bases</a>.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-9489142774343526692012-02-14T14:18:24.963-06:002012-02-14T14:18:24.963-06:00C'mon you guys. Everyone knows that only Repub...C'mon you guys. Everyone knows that only Republican bombs are bad. Democratic bombs are humanitarian.O’Hollernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744166683993760072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-34026372811862967652012-02-14T14:04:04.378-06:002012-02-14T14:04:04.378-06:00But what will they get from invading Iran? Iraq di...But what will they <i>get</i> from invading Iran? Iraq didn't turn out so great.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-15381796011238357932012-02-14T13:54:40.832-06:002012-02-14T13:54:40.832-06:00We are the 35%.We are the 35%.atatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-81019028891351060902012-02-14T13:41:10.667-06:002012-02-14T13:41:10.667-06:00It drives me crazy when otherwise smart bloggers l...It drives me crazy when otherwise smart bloggers like Atrios scratch their heads and wonder why we are in Afghanistan or Iraq. The roll their eyes when someone states that it is <i>all</i> about the oil. But it is. Everything else is a smokescreen.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-22585403710961589682012-02-14T13:35:22.349-06:002012-02-14T13:35:22.349-06:00Thanks for posting this! The non-stop onslaught of...Thanks for posting this! The non-stop onslaught of war prop in media, every paper, channel, and mag, is horrifying. The same snake oil as Iraq with credentialed "experts"(members of think tanks subsidized by war contractors or professors at institutions funded by them) talking very "serious" about the "threat" of Iran. A psychosis that demands piles of corpses for our consumption based economy(You said it better in the close). <br /><br />Both parties are war parties. Kennedy started military intervention in Vietnam 50 years ago today...<br /><br />Arthur Silber has written a series of pieces on how everyone with a conscience, a brain, a scintilla of humanity, needs to mobilize and protest this effort via a march, ads, any means necessary.Anatole Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475202797984385346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-87622306081556377312012-02-14T13:28:11.090-06:002012-02-14T13:28:11.090-06:00this is good news for john mccain. maybe he'l...this is good news for john mccain. maybe he'll reprise his Barbara Ann parody, Bomb Iran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-33916833460255869742012-02-14T13:11:35.367-06:002012-02-14T13:11:35.367-06:00It's sickening that with Iraq so close in the ...It's sickening that with Iraq so close in the rearview mirror (insofar as we're truly "out"), the same "more in sorrow than anger" bullshit is showing up all over the media. <br /><br />What choice do we have? We have to attack Iran-- for freedom!natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-63169868601146818602012-02-14T12:48:55.958-06:002012-02-14T12:48:55.958-06:00Yeah, they'll be for the war but nag him to de...Yeah, they'll be for the war but nag him to death regarding how he does it. <br /><br />They are pretty quiet about the Obama drone attacks and security policies, although being conservatives there are always the attackers. And the conservatives who demand that we apologize to Bush for criticizing his actions. Nothing is more humiliating than having K-Lo tell liberals that they now have to admit Bush was right.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-12025201716833210272012-02-14T12:43:00.732-06:002012-02-14T12:43:00.732-06:00I am willing to bet that if Obama does it, (I mean...I am willing to bet that if Obama does it, (I mean when, thunder) the Republicans will object...<br /><br />...but only because he is doing it WRONG. He probably should have used nukes or something.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com