tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post7640699815231910886..comments2023-11-05T03:29:20.511-05:00Comments on Mr Furious: Frying Pan...Fire...and Now, Gasoline?Mr Furioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-50100280540310559432009-12-01T13:46:08.427-05:002009-12-01T13:46:08.427-05:00I agree with Sullivan. Sometimes I wonder if it i...I agree with Sullivan. Sometimes I wonder if it is just me, but one day I agree with him and other days I vow to never read him again.<br /><br />The more I learn about that region of the world, the more I am convinced that our current approach is wrong and will just not work.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-75328838001952291462009-12-01T12:40:58.304-05:002009-12-01T12:40:58.304-05:00(such as assuming positive motives from Bush/Chene...<i>(such as assuming positive motives from Bush/Cheney, etc. where there was none, as I mentioned last night)</i><br /><br />I just don't know if I buy the straight-forwardly cynical view that the surge was simply an attempt to kick the can down the road. I'm open to arguments on either side, and maybe someday a definitive tell-all will come out and we'll know. In the meantime, I'm not going to accuse Sullivan of being "fucking stupid" for giving Bush the benefit of the doubt there.<br /><br />(I have plenty of opportunities to call Sullivan fucking stupid; for example any post he writes that bears on atheism, science and religion.)Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418826323088878609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-46400432559108624082009-12-01T12:18:08.157-05:002009-12-01T12:18:08.157-05:00Yeah...yeah...
Sullivan can be maddening that way...Yeah...yeah...<br /><br />Sullivan can be maddening that way. I DID go back and read that post, and if one can look past his usual blindspots (such as assuming positive motives from Bush/Cheney, etc. where there was none, as I mentioned last night) he can turn it around and still make sense.Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-57892341391844173742009-12-01T12:09:28.210-05:002009-12-01T12:09:28.210-05:00I'm confused. The same Sullivan post that you...I'm confused. The same Sullivan post that you cited as having a "fucking stupid" premise and as being "almost not worth your time" you're now quoting from approvingly and at length?Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418826323088878609noreply@blogger.com