tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post5611435954512668525..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: After A Fitful Night's Sleep, Some PerspectiveDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-44901149213746749092011-05-03T02:57:06.505-07:002011-05-03T02:57:06.505-07:00I'm not sure this brings closure to anything. ...I'm not sure this brings closure to anything. A crowd of people cheered Trump when he said America should go into Iraq and Libya and take the oil by force. I can't see that sentiment disappearing over this, it doesn't have anything to do with Bin Laden.<br /><br />I'd like to see America pull its troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. If Bin Laden's death makes that more likely then that's great but I don't see how it does.jollyspaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999141103840765243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-34456908635597555432011-05-02T18:30:31.884-07:002011-05-02T18:30:31.884-07:00Sigh.
I woke up today to see the Bin Ladin mythos...Sigh.<br /><br />I woke up today to see the Bin Ladin mythos, yet inchoate, begin to take shape. Much like Elvis, we'll be treated to Bin Ladin sightings in the checkout line for decades. Christ, they're already talking about his CIA connections. <br /><br />What bothers me more, though, is the impossible daydream I had today that he was taken alive, brought out to sea, and interrogated with the Mother of All Waterboards before being keelhauled. I hope not, for all our sakes.Impertinent Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16641434724740469395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-9810752213083032672011-05-02T11:17:05.029-07:002011-05-02T11:17:05.029-07:00Oh come on.. Tyler Perry movies have their redeemi...<i>Oh come on.. Tyler Perry movies have their redeeming qualities.</i><br /><br />I assumed the comparison turned on all the ladies in funny hats.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-49637825286017153552011-05-02T11:12:13.607-07:002011-05-02T11:12:13.607-07:00Presumably, the "reputational atmospherics&qu...Presumably, the "reputational atmospherics" have been bad for leaving Afghanistan despite the incredible unpopularity of the war and utter incoherence of our aims there -- so, bin Laden is dead, everybody wants out, declare victory and get out, what's not to like? The pretexts for war were bogus, the pretexts for leaving can be bogus as well. Everything on the ground is so remote from reason, decency, I don't even know how to connect the dots anymore. Lemons, lemonade.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-45757874391091372792011-05-02T11:07:31.368-07:002011-05-02T11:07:31.368-07:00Oh come on.. Tyler Perry movies have their redeemi...Oh come on.. Tyler Perry movies have their redeeming qualities..myst101https://www.blogger.com/profile/03727999380764907413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-67854831413289726942011-05-02T11:04:34.174-07:002011-05-02T11:04:34.174-07:00Neither the stated nor actual purpose of the wars ...Neither the stated nor actual purpose of the wars was to kill one man, so the wars won't end.<br /><br />The stated purpose would be either dismantling the Taliban, removing WMDs, or spreading democracy, although the goal posts have moved many times. The actual purpose is hegemony over oil reserves (it is the same reason why we intervened in Libya and not Syria or Bahrain, although the humanitarian crises there are just as bad, if not worse).<br /><br />bin Laden's death is a celebratory moment because he was the icon of 9/11, and his death brings closure to many people, but 9/11 has nothing to do with our campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq anymore.adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020701980607126113noreply@blogger.com