Mary Kay: "militaristic" and "permanent revolution" = bloodthirsty. "...mixed with odd bursts of ideological enthusiasm for 'democracy'" (note the mockery quotes) = authoritarian. "far-right" and "no precedents in American culture or political history" = extremist.
Those of us who are offended by this thinking find it distasteful that Lind and others opposed to current American foreign policy make such a point of tracing it back to the Jews.
Yes, it's getting darned difficult to have a pleasant conversation about the Jewish Conspiracy anymore. People get so offended these days...
Picking up on Ms. Nickerson's point, I don't like the idea of neocons being called bloodthirsty authoritarian extremist Jews. That's usually considered an insulting term.
"Floors were coated with stale blood, and wards stank of gangrene. The wounded lay on soiled sheets in hospital lobbies, screaming with pain, or begging for tranquillizers."
Situations like these didn't bother the Guardian or the rest of the peace camp when Saddam was in power. Why are they only being noticed now?
The absurdity of the headline is probably best explained as a side effect of the NYT's continuing attempts to set forth a negative spin on the downfall of Baathist autocracy. After all, a high CNN official admitted today that their network had been suppressing news of Baathist atrocities in past years in order to preserve their access to the regime. Why shouldn't we believe that this silly NYT headline represents the same sort of spin, rather than an accurate summation of events?
Don't forget: Coulter was fired (not defended) by the National Review for her most inflammatory remarks.
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