From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Beamish wrote:
> You always express it much better than I ever could.  I find the whole
> "if we stayed longer then ..." to be so intellectually
dishonest because
> its foundation is the totally unsupportable proposition that staying
> longer precludes things getting worse.  One would think that watching
> Iraq's descent into civil war would be so sobering to the right that
> they would -- as you ended -- "step up and take responsibility."
>

It's the pursuit of/love of  power. Taking responsibility is very noble but
destroys a political career whereas sliming away in a cloud of ink means
you can come back a few years later.

It's what used to make me laugh with esp American pols standing up &
saying how they were men of conviction etc.etc. without saying what their
stand or fall convictions were.

Turns out that the convictions are "I believe I should be
president/congressman" & that's about it.



Adam

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