Good articles on George W. Queeg

[jducoeur]

Thanks to editrx for these pointers through her blog. Both articles are well worth reading: concise, well-reasoned looks at just how horrifically things have run off the rails. Neither is precisely anti-war, or even necessarily anti-war-in-Iraq, but both do a fine job of laying bare the foolishness of the way this is being prosecuted.

First, there's the New York Times Op-Ed article on George W. Queeg. A rather scary examination of a man who is looking more and more obsessive, and less and less rational.

Second, there's an excellent examination of why current American strategic policy is a grand mistake. This is a coldly pragmatic discussion of the larger picture: where we're going, and why it's the wrong direction.

Check 'em out. With war imminent (and looking unavoidable), it's time to pay attention to what's going on, and why...

Comments

[siriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting those links. I haven't been feeling sufficently informed to take a definite stance on the issues, but it's probably past time for me to do so.

[tpau]

very interestign articles, thank you. they don't change my mind, but at least i now know more of what hte other side is saying...

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

"George W. Queeg". Bwah! Thank you so much for that link. I now have a new nickname for Georgie.

I'll have to watch him closely tonight and see if he channels Bogart. I still haven't erased the memory of his faux beatific expression when he spoke about bringing "God's gift" (his words (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030306-8.html)) of liberty to Iraq at the press conference ten days ago. (Yes. I have to laugh. Otherwise, I will curl up into a corner and start screaming.)