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The Long War
by noteworthy at 12:47 am EST, Feb 26, 2006 |
In the aftermath of Fukuyama's essay, Bill Kristol is feeling defensive. It would be nice to wait until we were certain conditions were ripe before we had to act, a world in which the obstacles are trivial and the enemies fold up. Unfortunately, that is not the world we live in. To govern is to choose, and to accept responsibility for one's choices. To govern is not wishfully to await the end of history. To govern is not fatalistically to watch a clash of civilizations from the sidelines.
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RE: The Long War
by Rattle at 12:44 pm EST, Feb 26, 2006 |
noteworthy wrote:
In the aftermath of Fukuyama's essay, Bill Kristol is feeling defensive.
This article's lead: DEMAGOGUES TO THE RIGHT OF THEM, appeasers to the left of them, media in front of them, volleying and thundering. Can the Bush administration continue to charge ahead? Does it have the will--and the competence--to lead the nation for the next three years toward victory in the long war against radical Islamism?
Immediately makes me think of this song: Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you.
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RE: The Long War
by noteworthy at 5:49 pm EST, Feb 26, 2006 |
Rattle wrote: This article's lead ... immediately makes me think of this song: Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you.
And those lyrics, coupled with the ending of Fukuyama's essay: Neoconservatism, whatever its complex roots, has become indelibly associated with concepts like coercive regime change, unilateralism and American hegemony. What is needed now are new ideas ...
makes me think that Fukuyama is secretly singing this tune: Yeah I'm here without a name
In the palace of my shame
I said love rescue me I've conquered my past
The future is here at last
I stand at the entrance
To a new world I can see
The ruins to the right of me
Will soon have lost sight of me
Love rescue me
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