Quick shots at falsehoods
Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., had this to say in a Wall Street Journal piece entitled "A Spanish Surrender?":
"In the minds of al Qaeda's adherents, the population of entire nations, if subjected to suitably horrific carnage just prior to an election, might now be manipulated into voting for governments that disavow armed opposition to terrorism."
See how it's done? Because the new Spanish government is opposed to the war in Iraq, they "disavow armed opposition to terrorism." By continuing to equate the fight against terrorism with the invasion of Iraq, the neocons attempt to tar opponents of the latter as soft on the former. But reasonable minds have grasped a distinction perhaps too subtle for this administration: Al Qaeda is not Iraq.
Whip poor Will
In a Washington Post piece headlined "When Events Overtake Politics," George Will slams both Ted Kennedy and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, without addressing any of her recent points. Here's my favorite paragraph, broken into bits.
The Weekly Standard reports that she, a retired Air Force officer, has written about "the Zionist political cult that has lassoed the E-Ring" of the Pentagon (the offices of senior civilian Defense Department officials).
By all means use William Kristol's neocon house organ when you need an objective source noted for sticking to the facts.
She says the war in Afghanistan was "planned of course before 9/11/01" because of "Taliban non-cooperation" regarding a trans-Afghanistan pipeline.
Just because conventional wisdom hasn't yet caught up to a story doesn't mean it won't. A year ago, few would have believed a president could mislead Congress and the people into war.
She says that with "Bush and his neoconservative foreign policy implementers"-- those E-Ring Jews -- resembling propagandists like Lenin, Hitler and Pol Pot, "all evidence" points to "a maturing fascist state" in America and, in foreign policy, "fascist imperialism touched by Sparta revived."
Note the phrase "E-Ring Jews" is Will's, not Kwiatkowski's, though he likely wouldn't mind if your outrage were misdirected at her.
So what was it she said that we're supposed to find so offensive? Will doesn't bother refuting any of these quotes, preferring to let your manifest indignation provide the refutation he cannot.
But how can one not think of this administration after reading the famous quote from Hermann Goering?
Naturally, the common people don't want war.... That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a parliament or a communist dictatorship ... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
Not all fascists will wear the symbol on their sleeves. As citizens it is our duty to recognize them anyway, and throw them out of power. It may not work that way in a fascist or communist dictatorship, but it works the same way in any democracy.
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