From insurgency to civil war
Wretchard at Belmont Club has another exceptional post that's a must-read, in my opinion. So, just do it. Please.
posted by neo-neocon @ 1:42 PM
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neo-neocon
So, let's see. You used to call yourself a liberal. But things changed after 9/11, and now you're not sure what to call yourself anymore. Try "neo-neocon" on for size.
Monday, March 20, 2006
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I'm a lifelong Democrat, born in New York and living in New England. Surrounded by liberals on all sides, I've found myself slowly but surely leaving the fold and becoming that dread thing: a neocon. My friends and family are becoming sick of what they see as my inexplicable conversion, so I've started this blog to give vent to my frustration. I have a Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and my politics make me a pariah there, too. Little did I know that I moved in such politically homogeneous circles. Why the apple? See this.
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6 Comments:
I have made it clear in prior posts that I don't know if Iraq is having a civil war or will have a civil war; I don't even know when our mission will be accomplished.
Having said that, I think what's going on now is a very transparent rhetorical struggle to get control of the truth-football. The Left is saying we have lost. Some conservatives are saying we have lost. The right is saying we are winning. Some conservatives are saying we are winning. The key term is, "civil war" which translates as "longterm internecine warfare that the US cannot control, so, we lost, let's get out." That is why whether or not we designate "civil war" is important.
I think as a debate it's casuistry. Either things will calm down, or they won't. Not much we can do about it now.
Your link is broken Neo.
Perhaps you might help from using Mozzila's "save link text" and CoodClip.
I use CoodClip and it is very very useful. I suggest it highly.
Link
When you're going to be copying and pasting as much as you do while blogging, a clipboard program is an absolute necessity.
I tried to fix the link, and it looks fine to me, but it still won't take me there! I'll try one more time, here.
From what I saw, there was something in front of the link. All I did was copy and paste it, then delete the www.blogger. &%$*( part in front.
Now it works.
http://www.blogger.com/%20%20http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2006/03/reason-to-believe.html
Found that in my Clip cache.
That was the actual link I saw.
Steve, ever pessimistic and helpless... Thank God there are those who DO feel they can do something.
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