Normal Mailer

The New York Times ^ | 4/29/03 | Al Perrin

[AL Perrin]

We Went To War Just To Boost The White Male Ego

by Norman Mailer

With their dominance in sport, at work and at home eroded, Bush thought white American men needed to know they were still good at something. That's where Iraq came in ...

[AL Perrin]

I knew that when the war in Iraq began winding down that the liberals would be the ones most shocked, and awed by it’s stunning military success, and lack of “quagmire” status. I knew that with the spectacle of ordinary Iraqi’s celebrating in the streets, liberals would have to regroup their own forces, and alter their battle plans with some sort of outrageous political stratagem. But, Norman Mailer’s April 29th op-ed piece in the New York Times really takes the cake.

I think that the title We Went To War Just To Boost The White Male Ego, just by itself says it all. The rest of the piece is pure unadulterated liberal vomitus. Who is Norman Mailer that we should listen to him? What sort of special qualifications does he have that allows him to pass such a nauseatingly arrogant, and condescendingly racist, judgment upon us as a nation?

The answer is, that there are none. He, along with most liberal elitists passionately “loathe the US military,” hate war in general, and despise George W. Bush in particular. This is best exemplified by Mailer’s own contention in the op-ed piece that “We went to war, I could say, because we very much needed a war.” This is, I think at the center of liberal bias, and opposition to the war. They actually believe that the United States of America could start a war, and kill people just for its own selfish monetary gains. They really do think that America is a bad place.

They are wrong.

Consider for a moment what has actually occurred here: the United States of America has ended the tyrannical rule of a murderous despot who will rightfully take his place alongside Hitler, Pol Pot, and Stalin as one of the most notorious monsters in all of human history. The US military has simultaneously disrupted several worldwide terrorist organizations headquartered there. We’ve also kept horrible weapons of mass destruction out of their fanatical hands. And yes, there were weapons of mass destruction. Who may I ask puts “fertilizer” in missiles? If Mr. Mailer doubts the existence of such weapons of mass destruction, as he did in the Times piece, might I suggest he go and take a refreshing drink from the pure, sparkling waters of the Euphrates River, where traces of mustard gas, and sarin were found? Yes, Virginia … there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

What the United States has done in Iraq then is a wonderful thing. It will have profound ramifications for centuries to come. There might actually be real peace in the Middle East as a result, and the Iraqis might actually have real freedom. That’s what was done, and it’s not a minor thing at all. This was done, not to soothe any flaccid “while male” ego, as Mr. Mailer so offensively contends. It was done for one reason, and for one reason only – to protect ourselves from terrorists who eagerly want to kill us. To claim otherwise besmirches the hundreds of thousands of servicemen, and women – of all races – who risked their lives, fought for their country, and ultimately won against a rogue nation ruled by a vicious, and cowardly thug. Race or ego had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with any of it.

Yes. Mr. Mailer is wrong. He, like so many of his liberally biased kind was wrong for opposing this war in the first place – arguably one of the more righteous wars ever to have been fought – and wrong in their criticisms afterward. So it is in fact their aching egos that must be assuaged here, rather than any sort of outcry over the vicissitudes of white male ego.

And so, Mr. Mailer, if you would – kindly go take a hike? Paris would be a fine place to do so. They’d love you there.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I think Norman has a small pee-pee.

[Post Toasties]

Norman Mailer shows, more clearly than I've seen before, that he is living in an alternate universe of delusional Lefty preconceptions, not reality. His kind enables the Hitlers, Stalins and mass atrocity perpetrators of the world in their overwhelming zeal to derogate Western society.

[metalboy]

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[ntnychik]

I never thought of Norman as normal.

[Bonaparte]

You mean you don't like coffee table psych spouted by a guy who stabs his wife? You're a tough one to please. ;-)

[AL Perrin]

Sorry for the long delay in answering you. I got five kids - four of which currently are attending college. So I have to work sometimes. :)

I agree with you, however. It's an indication I think of how really small their - ahem - egos are, when a fantastically successful action by their own country is criticized so severely. They just don't understand America.

[AL Perrin]

Precisely. It was actually the liberal left's ill-advised anti-war demonstrations that encouraged Saddam Hussein, lengthened the pre-war maneuverings, and ultimately guaranteed that war would be inevitable.

Ironic isn't it? The thing they marched against was the very thing that they ultimately achieved.

[AL Perrin]

ROLF!

Great action figures! But where's Dr. Xavier?

[AL Perrin]

Sigh. Unfortunately he is. He's a normal liberal.

[AL Perrin]

Yeah. I guess so. I don't know. I just don't care for all these "touchy-feely," new-age approaches to dealing with crime. Such as: letting all criminals out of jail, since the longer they stay in, the madder they get, and the worse they are - or here's my favorite: sentencing, and healing circles where everyone tells their story, and stands around, and hugs, and hugs, and hugs.

Yech.

You ever hug a blubbering 6'9" 275 pound drug-dealing multiple murdering child rapist who hasn't taken a bath yet this month?

[Bonaparte]

LOL! And after all that liberal "compassion," they just murder again after their early release. Mailer has yet to apologize to the nation after securing the release of convicted murderer Jack Abott, who just went right back to his murdering ways as soon as he was released.

[okie01]

"He, along with most liberal elitists passionately “loathe the US military,” hate war in general, and despise George W. Bush in particular."

Two out of three ain't bad.

But Mailer doesn't "hate war in general". He was, in fact, one of the bigger cheerleaders for Billy Jeff Clinton's Balkan Adventure.

Consequently, Norman Mailer knows damn good and well that "the United States of America could start a war, and kill people just for its own selfish...gains." Political gains, rather than monetary, in Billy Jeff's case.

There is no more damning case of lurid hypocrisy than that committed by liberals who applauded Kosovo and object to Iraq. In their book, war for liberal political gain is O.K., but wars for liberation and legitimate national security reasons are not. Especially if conducted by a Republican administration...

Norman Mailer and his ilk are utter trash, moral and intellectual road kill.