Huffington Post: A Second LookA lot of people are linking to
this article on the Huffington Post. It's kind of a romp for those who see Airiheadda's venture as bound to fail, and the points raised about financing in the article do make me wonder whether the venture is adequately capitalized.
But as a blogger, I'm kind of enjoying it. There's certainly no lack of idiotic posts to critique, as in
this one by former
Monkey Business first mate Gary Hart.
If the goal of the Project for a New American Century, as it thereafter became the Bush administration, was to overthrow Saddam Hussein, install a friendly government in Baghdad, set up a permanent political and military presence in Iraq, and dominate the behavior of the region (including securing oil supplies), then you build permanent bases for some kind of permanent American military presence. If the goal was to spread democracy and freedom, then you don’t.Question for Mr Hart: Did the US build permanent military bases in Japan and Germany after World War II? Does this mean that the goal was not to spread democracy and freedom in those countries?
See what I mean? It's like somebody gathered a whole bunch of fish in a barrel for us to shoot at.
