Friday, May 27, 2005
Lesson: Legitimacy Matters
A new report from the Project on Defense Alternatives begins to catalog the ways in which Iraqi public opinion towards U.S. occupation prevents victory over the insurgency.
Remember when John Kerry lost the election in part due to his call for a "Global test" for U.S. foreign policy?
In the campaign, Bushites depicted Kerry's global test as a craven appeal to international opinion.
But as with the notion that W shanked the war on terror by redeploying troops from Tora Bora to Iraq and letting bin Laden slip, Kerry turns out to be right again.
Legitimacy matters. It matters when people hate and do not trust you. It constrains your ability to act in the national interest.
HEY "W" YOU STUPID LOAF OF BREAD: Stop wearing the world's hate like a badge of honor, and start to think seriously about treating people's perception of our callous greed as more than just a public relations problem.
We need an exit strategy in Iraq that includes a declaration of no permanent military bases, not just for its own sake, but because such a declaration will undermine the public sympathy on which the insurgency depends.
There is no better PR than doing the right thing. You will learn this lesson you stupid loaf of bread, or you will be unable to defeat terrorism anywhere, and subject the rest of us to global hate and periodic conventional and unconventional attacks in an apocalyptic my-god-is-bigger-than-your-god culture clash.
Man, you are one stupid loaf of bread.
Remember when John Kerry lost the election in part due to his call for a "Global test" for U.S. foreign policy?
In the campaign, Bushites depicted Kerry's global test as a craven appeal to international opinion.
But as with the notion that W shanked the war on terror by redeploying troops from Tora Bora to Iraq and letting bin Laden slip, Kerry turns out to be right again.
Legitimacy matters. It matters when people hate and do not trust you. It constrains your ability to act in the national interest.
HEY "W" YOU STUPID LOAF OF BREAD: Stop wearing the world's hate like a badge of honor, and start to think seriously about treating people's perception of our callous greed as more than just a public relations problem.
We need an exit strategy in Iraq that includes a declaration of no permanent military bases, not just for its own sake, but because such a declaration will undermine the public sympathy on which the insurgency depends.
There is no better PR than doing the right thing. You will learn this lesson you stupid loaf of bread, or you will be unable to defeat terrorism anywhere, and subject the rest of us to global hate and periodic conventional and unconventional attacks in an apocalyptic my-god-is-bigger-than-your-god culture clash.
Man, you are one stupid loaf of bread.
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you say, "It matters when people hate and do not trust you." and then immediately call the president a stipid fuck 3 times... maybe you should learn to stop hating forst before you tell anyone else to, and by the way, you are dead wrong on every comment you have made.
You're right. I do hate Bush for what he has done to our country and the world. I believe my hatred, as well as the world's, is unfortunate, and need not have happened. Even though 9/11 happened on his watch, we all rallied to Bush after the attack, and prayed for wise leadership. He let us down on almost every count. From Iraq, to the Patriot Act, coddling Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and other terror states, letting North Korea and Iran go nuclear, I feel LESS safe and LESS free as a result of his response to real terrorist threats. He has no sense that terrorism is a political problem as much as a military one, and seems to revel in stoking the flames of hate (see: with us or against us, axis of evil, bring 'em on, Guantanamo Bay, Falluja). The hatred I feel for Bush is no more than the hatred I feel for his administration of the ship of state. Unfortunately, the dynamics driving my hatred for the man are also driving moderate Muslims into the radical camp, and setting us up for an endless war. So you see, it's not a contradiction for me to hate the man, and decry the fact that others hate him too. And don't even get me started on his domestic agenda! Sheesh! But really, Mark, keep conversing with those you disagree with, keep writing and keep trying to think for yourself. You're doing great!
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