tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post6020454507954101947..comments2023-12-27T09:00:42.844-08:00Comments on The Workday Liberal: Podhoretz: Wrong From The Get-Go...d.bhfrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261648934732735275noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-82433718117536820152007-05-31T13:21:00.000-07:002007-05-31T13:21:00.000-07:00you hit the nail on the head. the fundies of both...you hit the nail on the head. the fundies of both religous groups are extreme and invoke god to help them in their violence toward others. some might say that a god for killing is evil. but it is their minds that let evil have it's way. they are mirror images of each other and we must know that such evil is not truly spiritual in any way, shape or form.Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-6369381792400433942007-05-30T20:03:00.000-07:002007-05-30T20:03:00.000-07:00try as i might, i simply cannot get into this guy'...try as i might, i simply cannot get into this guy's head to gain an appreciation of his thinking... first of all, i am unable to relate to being an advocate for bombing ANYTHING... violence and destruction are never a solution, never have been, and never will be... moreover, in the case of iran, regardless of the rationale for bombing, there is no question in my mind that such an action would only serve to add to the growing conflagration in the middle east, and guarantee that the world war IV podhoretz believes is already underway will engulf the entire region for years to come...<BR/><BR/>i am at a loss to imagine how one's thinking, particularly over the course of a lifetime, where we supposedly gain the wisdom of age, can become so darkly twisted... i also fail to comprehend how such a man, a man who is passionately urging that bombs be dropped, continues to influence those in power... never mind... obviously, the ones in power HAVE their power because they think the same way... it's just us bystanders who are left scratching our heads...<BR/><BR/>podhoretz' description of bush as being "battered more mercilessly and with less justification than any other in living memory, and weakened politically by the enemies of his policy in the Middle East in general and Iraq in particular", is so deliciously delusionary, it would be hard to top... but then, podhoretz, as a member of the council on foreign relations, one of the groups responsible for installing bush as president in the first place, would, i suppose, be naturally defensive of his choice...profmarcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148708132624420673noreply@blogger.com