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cimmaron: that assumes---again---that there's no gap between war marketing and what's being said and done on the ground. which is ridiculous to assume. and that is what ace has consistently been doing---pretending to be able to evaluate the actual situation on the ground through the war marketing that this administration---like any other, sadly---is doing. all that varies is the style. ace doesn't like that style. i can't really imagine caring about that.
but i do think it's pretty hilarious that thomas sowell of all people is attempting to position himself as more authentic than obama. smacks of all kinds of ugly shit. surprised that sowell didn't call obama an uncle tom. i suppose he's saving that bon mot for later.
the editorial page of idb. ace-gospel. funny shit.
to the underlying point: this is a nato operation. i too hope there is a plan. another thing that the conservative set can't seem to get through their heads is that the bush unilateralist period is not only over, but was a debacle. the united states is not john wayne. it is not dad. it is a partner in a coalition. i know it stings to have the sacred nation-state not the Center of All Things---but really, there are drugs for other pathologies and maybe sometime there will be a drug for excessive nationalism.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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