We're Bullying Iran?!?!?!?
Greg Tinti
The New York Times' editorial board has finally fucking lost it completely.
Given America’s bitter experience in Iraq, one would think that President Bush could finally figure out that threats and brute force aren’t a substitute for a reasoned strategy. But Mr. Bush is at it again, this time trying to bully Iran into stopping its meddling inside Iraq.
We have no doubt about Iran’s malign intent, just as we have no doubt that Mr. Bush’s serial failures in Iraq have made it far easier for Tehran to sow chaos there and spread its influence in the wider region. But more threats and posturing are unlikely to get Iran to back down. If Mr. Bush isn’t careful, he could end up talking himself into another disastrous war, and if Congress is not clear in opposing him this time, he could drag the country along.
Bullying Iran? Malign Intent???
This week, The Blotter reported, for the second time since March of 2006, that Iran was supplying IEDs used against US troops in Iraq. But they're not just your typical IEDs: they're the deadliest IEDs being used in the country.
And this week we learned that the Pentagon is seriously investigating whether Iran was directly involved in the deaths of 5 US servicemen killed in a raid in Karbala. But not just killed in the raid, kidnapped, brought to another location, and, at least one of them, assassinated.
And yet, The New York Times has the balls, the gobsmackingly vile hypocrisy to accuse the Bush administration of bullying Iran?
It continues....
Mr. Bush, Stop Bullying Iran!
Jules Crittenden
One of the most impressive things about this New York Times editorial is that the online tools — email, print, etc. — are sponsored by Borat. Click the link, and unless they are rotating ads, you shall see.
Borat, we know, shares the core NYT mission of undermining the credibility of mainstream, traditional America. Borat, however, is more sophisticated in his approach than the Times, as he plays on the goodwill of American rubes and hayseeds, while also attacking backward third-world prejudices and practices with nuanced yet devastating satire. Here’s Borat:
“I had a very bad Gypsy attack. They steal my wife’s plow, and they touch my horse in a very bad way. He is very depressed.”
“I can make romance inside of you?” ...
It is necessary to study Borat closely to fully comprehend the deeper messages he is trying to convey. The New York Times is simpler:
Given America’s bitter experience in Iraq, one would think that President Bush could finally figure out that threats and brute force aren’t a substitute for a reasoned strategy. But Mr. Bush is at it again, this time trying to bully Iran into stopping its meddling inside Iraq. ...
The New York Times is absolutely right on this score. Threats and posturing have only succeeded in sending Iran’s proxies scurrying for cover, and weakening Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s political support at home. To definitively deal with the Iranian menace, the proxies must be destroyed, along with Iran’s WMD sites.
