There is widespread skepticism in Germany about the way the United States is fighting its "war on terror," compounded by the recent scandal over the CIA's abduction and detention of German citizen Khaled el-Masri -- later acknowledged to be a mistake.Oops! Yes, and we're the beacon of liberty around the world. And we don't torture...unless the president says we can even though he signed the McCain bill against cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, but you see, he had his fingers crossed...
"Principiis obsta; Finem respice." Olaf Rotkohl thinks that the pursuit of power over others is in itself a corruption, and those who seek such power are fundamentally corrupt. This space is dedicated as part of the constant challenge to those who seek to wield authority over the rest of us, keeping them on notice that they exert power only as it is granted to them by the people.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Fundamental Bush Developmental Disability--No Sense of Irony
When the Germans are shaming your country about its detention camps, maybe it's time to reevaluate the policy, wouldn't you say?
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Gosh, would that the Germans had been better skeptics back in Hitler's day. And I'm sure, yes, that the irony will be lost on George.
"Irony? We don't do irony any more. Don't have to. We have permanent press! And that's lifted a great burden from the women!
Aha! Maybe that's why no one in the press corps has ever offered that question--they know that he doesn't understand the term.
We're done for.
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