tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post112099727556141056..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121299257473012762005-07-13T20:00:00.000-04:002005-07-13T20:00:00.000-04:00Well, I don't think it's the topic *at all*, but I...Well, I don't think it's the topic *at all*, but I do regret getting pissed at a joke. I thought you were serious, so my apologies.<BR/><BR/>But I gotta tell you, man, my sense of humor is disappearing as fast as my idealistic view of my country...Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121283009182056042005-07-13T15:30:00.000-04:002005-07-13T15:30:00.000-04:00OK, c'mon man, the BDS thing was a little evil fun...OK, c'mon man, the BDS thing was a little evil fun.<BR/><BR/>But <A HREF="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15866686%5E12250,00.html" REL="nofollow">this <I>is </I> the topic</A>.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121273748885223532005-07-13T12:55:00.000-04:002005-07-13T12:55:00.000-04:00Oops, sorry - bad link.http://www.antiwar.com/enge...Oops, sorry - bad link.<BR/><BR/>http://www.antiwar.com/engelhardt/?articleid=6603Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121273581538792502005-07-13T12:53:00.000-04:002005-07-13T12:53:00.000-04:00Well, since someone decided to bring world-renowne...Well, since someone decided to bring world-renowned shrink Krauthammer's "medical" opinions into the fray (which seem about as astute as noted cat-eviscerator Dr. Fist's tele-diagnoses), here's a bullseye analysis of President Koresh:<BR/><BR/>C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4BSPEZOF\Boy President in a Failed World - by Tom Engelhardt.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121262440753785182005-07-13T09:47:00.000-04:002005-07-13T09:47:00.000-04:00tvd, I'm pretty good about giving the benefit of t...tvd, I'm pretty good about giving the benefit of the doubt re: your doubtful comments...<BR/><BR/>But if one of us is deranged about Bush, it ain't me.<BR/><BR/>All I asked here was that you stay minimally on topic, which you are refusing to do.<BR/><BR/>And here's a little rule of thumb: if you quote Krauthammer in defense of any position, you lose.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121197596743614812005-07-12T15:46:00.000-04:002005-07-12T15:46:00.000-04:00After all this time, WS, I can't be of any further...After all this time, WS, I can't be of any further help for your <A HREF="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/charleskrauthammer/ck20031205.shtml" REL="nofollow">BDS</A>, sorry.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But it's fair to wonder at this point if the Ba'athist insurgency would have persisted this long without willing jihadis to serve as cheap labor and cannon fodder. The millennial battle remains between jihad Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121129277699676472005-07-11T20:47:00.000-04:002005-07-11T20:47:00.000-04:00I just don't see how any of what you write here ha...I just don't see how any of what you write here has anything at all to do with the point of this post.<BR/><BR/>Even if you're right and radical Islam is a threat...something I've never denied...that offers no defense of the administration's incompetence and mendacity with regard to predictions about the course of the war.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121126696896881052005-07-11T20:04:00.000-04:002005-07-11T20:04:00.000-04:00Well, you can skip Belloc's Catholic apologetics a...Well, you can skip Belloc's Catholic apologetics at the end there, which are a separate matter. But his warnings about the nature of Islam over 60 years ago, including his chilling invokation of the word "terror," are at least worth consideration. Obviously the present world situation isn't a creation of the neo-cons.<BR/><BR/>The fact is that the West and Islam have been in conflict for over aTom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121122321704153542005-07-11T18:52:00.000-04:002005-07-11T18:52:00.000-04:00Yeah, that's our problem alright...not enough Chri...Yeah, that's our problem alright...not enough Christianity...it's what made the Dark Ages superior to the Enlightenment...<BR/><BR/>If only we had more superstition we'd be better off...<BR/><BR/>And I say again: just 'cause somebody says it don't make it so...Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1121037260410985882005-07-10T19:14:00.000-04:002005-07-10T19:14:00.000-04:00"...the recrudescence of Islam, the possibility of..."...the recrudescence of Islam, the possibility of that terror under which we lived for centuries reappearing, and of our civilization again fighting for its life against what was its chief enemy for a thousand years, seems fantastic. Who in the Mohammedan world today can manufacture and maintain the complicated instruments of modern war?<BR/><BR/>Where is the political machinery whereby the Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com