Friday, May 07, 2004
The Western Mind
As always, VDH reaches to the heart of the issue of the current battle of between us and our enemies; a must read. A few notable quotes:
He gives us a path to victory, one that I know to our success.
I think one can get the feeling from that piece that VDH is getting fed up with all the meely mouthed, flipp-flopping, ignorant people out there that really, either voluntarilly or involuntarilly, don't have our best interests at heart when they open their mouths or start thinking and making decisions.
To hell with those that don't want a better world. It's not an easy task to win a war, so shut up and let those who are willing to sacrifice and bear the burden do so.
so strong is this Western disease of wishing to be perfect rather than merely good. Such is the self-induced burden for all those who would be gods rather than mere mortals.
He gives us a path to victory, one that I know to our success.
What then are we to do when choices since September 11 have always been between bad and worse? We at least must have enough sense not to stand down and let Iraq become Lebanonized, Talibanized, or Iranicized, even though when all is said and done Americans will be blamed for bringing something better to the region. And yes, we need more democracy, not less, in Iraq and the surrounding Middle East in general.
We have to return to an audacious and entirely unpredictable combat mode; put on a happy, aw-shucks face while annihilating utterly the Baathist remnants and Sadr's killers; attribute this success to the new Iraqi government and its veneer of an army for its own 'miraculous' courage; ignore the incoming rounds of moral hypocrisy on Iraq from Europe (past French and German oil deals and arms sales), the Arab League (silence over Iraqi holocausts, cheating on sanctions), and the U.N. (Oil-for-Food debacle); explain to an exasperated American people why other people hate us for who we are rather than what we do; and apologize sincerely and forcefully once  not gratuitously and zillions of times  for the rare transgression.
Do all that and we can really complete this weird peace in Iraq.
I think one can get the feeling from that piece that VDH is getting fed up with all the meely mouthed, flipp-flopping, ignorant people out there that really, either voluntarilly or involuntarilly, don't have our best interests at heart when they open their mouths or start thinking and making decisions.
To hell with those that don't want a better world. It's not an easy task to win a war, so shut up and let those who are willing to sacrifice and bear the burden do so.
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