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Blaming the Iraq war on . . . Gary Cooper?
Norman Geras @ "Normblog"Spot the... well, let's just say dimwit, shall we? I like Rich Hall as a comedian, but when he brings his diagnostic powers to political matters he's less impressive. Hall is of the view that the Iraq war is the fault of... the western: The western has shaped not just the way Hollywood thinks, but the way America thinks. And one of the country's big problems right now is that the man currently with the reins in his hands thinks he's in High Noon. Hall puts it better. "We're at war with Iraq because some bible-thumping, tongue-tied, pretzel-choking fuckwit of a president actually convinced enough people he was some kind of Gary Cooper hero come to bring justice against evil folks." The thing about reductive thinking is that, while it purports to simplify the world, what it really reveals is the simple mind responsible for it. Opposing the war Hall, like the rest of the many Iraq-war smugwits in the camp of those who opposed the war, favoured the continuation, sine die, of a regime of torture and murder. This has induced in them no moderation, however, much less humility, only a kind of prancing contempt. That is the measure of their moral seriousness. Posted by: Mike 2008-06-17 |
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