Monday, May 15, 2006
Bravo Condy!
The folks at National Review are deeply disturbed by our restoration of diplomatic recognition to Libya.
I'm not. In fact, I'm beginning to think that Rice may have turned the State Dept into an effective and practical warfighting tool. (Which must have taken some very hard work, considering its natural pro-Arab bias.)
Rice is following the LBJ model: let Qaddafi be as much of an SOB as he wants within his own borders, as long as he does what we need him to do on the international front.
If it turns out that Qaddafi has fooled us, and that he's still supporting terrorism, then I'll eat crow. At the moment I don't see any evidence along that line. But I don't give a flying fuck what he does to his own people. And our government shouldn't either.
The President is not supposed to be a moral exemplar. That's the Pope's job.
When dealing with savage warrior cultures like Arabs, the plain and simple fact is that we are NOT going to turn them into nice meek Unitarians. We CAN turn them into savages who choose not to bother the civilized world. That's all we can ever do, and that seems to be the thinking of the State Department. If so -- provided I'm not missing some hidden agenda -- BRAVO! ¶ 12:11 PM
I'm not. In fact, I'm beginning to think that Rice may have turned the State Dept into an effective and practical warfighting tool. (Which must have taken some very hard work, considering its natural pro-Arab bias.)
Rice is following the LBJ model: let Qaddafi be as much of an SOB as he wants within his own borders, as long as he does what we need him to do on the international front.
If it turns out that Qaddafi has fooled us, and that he's still supporting terrorism, then I'll eat crow. At the moment I don't see any evidence along that line. But I don't give a flying fuck what he does to his own people. And our government shouldn't either.
The President is not supposed to be a moral exemplar. That's the Pope's job.
When dealing with savage warrior cultures like Arabs, the plain and simple fact is that we are NOT going to turn them into nice meek Unitarians. We CAN turn them into savages who choose not to bother the civilized world. That's all we can ever do, and that seems to be the thinking of the State Department. If so -- provided I'm not missing some hidden agenda -- BRAVO! ¶ 12:11 PM
