Re: An oasis on the moon?

From: Ool (ulrich.schreglmann_at_t-online.de)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:45:26 +0100

"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@org.trash> wrote in message news:42335059.991386969@newsgroups.bellsouth.net...

> And if you're referring to the current president, if he was
> delusional, so was Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Tony Blair, and almost
> every major western politician and the world intelligence community.

I don't call Bush & Cronies delusional because they didn't find WMDs.
I call them delusional and incompetent because they thought they could
ride into town Magnificent Seven style, take out the bad guys, and
then ride off into the sunset, leaving the villagers to their own de-
vices picking up the pieces. Oh, and by thinking private contractors
would do the reconstruction planning for them. Their faith in the al-
mighty healing powers of private business is truly hilarious.

About WMDs, the only thing I have to criticize is the fact that they
made it sound as if they were convinced that they'd find them. That
showed us just what kind of personality type they are--one that
doesn't keep their options open. One that makes up their minds once
and then confuses their convictions with reality.

If they had said that possibly there were WMDs left but that even if
there were none they couldn't afford the possibility that there were
some the world would have understood. That was the reasoning behind
the Manhattan Project, after all--pre-empting a German nuclear program
that later turned out not to exist, but you just couldn't take that
risk.

The fact that they had to convince themselves and others that they
were absolutely sure that they'd find something and the fact that they
didn't take care of the Iraqi population once they were in the country
showed us just what a disastrously dysfunctional combination they
really are--*zealous and callous.* 

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