tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post113449492858880314..comments2024-03-26T05:18:53.709-04:00Comments on Pen and Sword: Babbling BushJeff Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1134571225696767202005-12-14T09:40:00.000-05:002005-12-14T09:40:00.000-05:00Wikiquote is the coolest:http://en.wikiquote.org/w...Wikiquote is the coolest:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_TwainJeff (no, the other one)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04030611459552848949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1134521399553446952005-12-13T19:49:00.000-05:002005-12-13T19:49:00.000-05:00Sadiq, Yeah, I think it was Twain who said. Impor...Sadiq, <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I think it was Twain who said. Important distinction, between country and government.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1134521036605914222005-12-13T19:43:00.000-05:002005-12-13T19:43:00.000-05:00You're right. From what I've read, he wanted to m...You're right. From what I've read, he wanted to make peace with Congress. But in retrospect, he should have stuck with his original draft.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1134514696506737922005-12-13T17:58:00.000-05:002005-12-13T17:58:00.000-05:00There's a difference between supporting the troops...There's a difference between supporting the troops and supporting the policy, or even the administration. Right now you have a bunch of eighteen year old kids who are dying simply because those are their orders. I think that it's the GOVERNMENT who needs to start supporting the troops. Any kid who will carry a rifle and die so that I have the right to criticize the policies of the government that sent him there has my utmost respect.<BR/><BR/>Someone once said of patriotism, "Patriotism is supporting your country always and supporting your government when they deserve it." I think it was Mark Twain, but I can't seem to track it down.sadiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461904452723439290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1134506598950147192005-12-13T15:43:00.000-05:002005-12-13T15:43:00.000-05:00In the original version of his final speech, Eisen...In the original version of his final speech, Eisenhower referred to the "military-industrial-congessional complex" but his advisers suggested he take out the "congressional" which he did.<BR/><BR/>Too bad. He had it right the first time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1134497075994333522005-12-13T13:04:00.000-05:002005-12-13T13:04:00.000-05:00Profit. Yes. I think you commented on my earlier...Profit. Yes. I think you commented on my earlier pieces on the military industrial complex. When our service secretaries are all former execs with the big defense contractors and cronies with all the big policy makers, it's likely that wars will be the key component of policy.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1134496797379993272005-12-13T12:59:00.000-05:002005-12-13T12:59:00.000-05:00I can't recall when I've been sicker of hearing "s...I can't recall when I've been sicker of hearing "support the troops" as if it were OUR HOMETOWN HEROES football team.<BR/><BR/>"It is well that war is so terrible — lest we should grow too fond of it." — Robert E. Lee<BR/><BR/>That's the PR side, the media management of perception -- just one part.<BR/><BR/>The other part is the profit motive. There wouldn't be war if there wasn't profit in it, for someone. <BR/><BR/>But these are things, conditions, concepts, that exist in reality. W lives in his own fantasy world.Jeff (no, the other one)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04030611459552848949noreply@blogger.com