kiki
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Thu Mar-22-07 05:40 AM
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John Bolton on TV in the UK last night |
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OK, so the Crazy Moustache was on BBC2's Newsnight yesterday evening, being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman. Paxo said something to the effect of "You keep saying that Saddam being gone is 'undeniably' a good thing, but what you've done is removed a dictatorship and created a failed state that's also a haven for terrorism - two things that Iraq never was before." To this, Toupee McHitler chuckled (yes, actually chuckled; so adorable) and replied: "Well, I'd rather live in a failed state than in a dictatorship. Wouldn't you?" Touche!
Three points immediately came to mind:
1) Love the way Johnny Boy skimmed right over the "haven for terrorism" point. Didn't say a word about it.
2) I think people need to get past this childish idea that anything - literally, anything - is better than a dictatorship. Is a smoking hole in the ground better than a dictatorship? Is the death of everyone in the entire country better than a dictatorship? Imagine you had to make a choice, not just for yourself, but for your partner, your kids, your parents - everyone you care about. Do you want to all die in a hellhole, or live in a dictatorship? Even if you'd take the first option just on principle, is it right to drag everyone else along with you?
3) I call bullshit on you, John. I imagine you lose it if your wake-up Martini isn't stirred just right - you'd shit your pants if you ever found yourself in a failed state. And, more to the point, you'd fucking love living in a dictatorship, as long as someone told you whose boots to lick.
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Thu Mar-22-07 06:17 AM
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1. Well, *HE* prefers living in a pending dictatorship that he helped create. |
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So apparently he doesn't think living in a failed state is better than one.
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Thu Mar-22-07 06:26 AM
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2. God, I wish we had a Jeremy Paxman over here |
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Edited on Thu Mar-22-07 06:27 AM by Godlesscommieprevert
He's relentless when he senses bullshit. I once heard him say "are you seriously trying to tell me ......." When did an American interviewer EVER treat a politician like that?
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kiki
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Thu Mar-22-07 07:41 AM
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3. Yeah, he was pretty good... |
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He looked genuinely pissed off as he asked the question. Kissed and made up with Johnny Boy in the last five seconds though, and they shared an amiable laugh together... I guess he ultimately has to manitain protocol.
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Thu Mar-22-07 07:44 AM
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4. You heard him say that only once? |
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It seems like he says that every time I watch Newsnight!
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