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the fait accompli approach--the "hello congress, we have attacked iran whaddya gonna do?" way--would require an Event. so while i think mojo's right---it is within the purview of the administration to launch an action without congressional consent---politically such an act would require a pretext. that you can lead vignettes in the press every few weeks that seem geared around preparing the ground for the Event, so far there hasnt been one. the reason for the Event requirement is that the action would have to be pitched as reactive.
i think it's unnecessary because there is near-perfect symmetry between the situations of the bush people and ahmadinejad right now: two politically weak reactionaries propping themselves up politically through exercises in sustained dickwaving in the general direction of the Enemy. but perhaps this symmetry offends the finely tuned aesthetic sensibilities of the few remaining neocons, who may well feel that this kind of situation can only really work when it is not obvious.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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