tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post9186818328204036791..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: War in IranLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-25700062261086861312007-02-27T19:48:00.000-07:002007-02-27T19:48:00.000-07:00It's the wee hours here and the feather's call I c...It's the wee hours here and the feather's call I cannot ignore but among the many pieces of Arthur Silber's wonderful writings that I keep archived let me leave you this.<BR/>As always Arthur needs no explanation.<BR/>Arthur on Kerry/Iraq<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2006/04/narcissism-and-paternalism-as-foreign.html<BR/>Narcissism and Paternalism as Foreign Policy, and Kerry's Profoundly Objectionable and Dishonest Article<BR/><BR/>Keep the scope of this catastrophe in mind -- and never forget that we chose to launch an utterly unjustified, aggressive invasion and occupation of a nation that did not threaten us in any serious manner whatsoever. Given the incomprehensible horror that Iraqis now must live with every minute of every day -- horror that is the direct result of our actions -- who the hell are we to be making demands of anyone? We ought to beg their forgiveness, with every fiber of our being. But for Kerry, and for all our other national leaders, none of this matters and it is hardly ever discussed in any detail in terms of how it affects the Iraqis themselves. Oh, no: it's all and only about us.<BR/><BR/>The nauseating depths of the Western conviction of its own "exceptionalism" and its unquestionable "right" to coerce the rest of the world to act as we demand are revealed in Kerry's final paragraph: <BR/>For three years now, the administration has told us that terrible things will happen if we get tough with the Iraqis. In fact, terrible things are happening now because we haven't gotten tough enough. With two deadlines, we can change all that. We can put the American leadership on the side of our soldiers and push the Iraqi leadership to do what only it can do: build a democracy.Himselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666097098083216833noreply@blogger.com