[RLK]

Is Mr.Cockburn implying here that Secretary of State of the United States and Security Advisor to the President of the United States are on the same level as court eunuchs?

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It could be interpreted that way. Basically the piece is little more than a display of diffuse antagonism toward the world. There's no serious content.

[fight_truth_decay]

....as George Bush likes to point out, his administration is adorned

I stopped there and compared it to statements containing" I have black friends or I have white friends". Cockburn suggesting some racism in Bush's remarks.