Posted on 08/24/2003 11:23:04 PM PDT by Burkeman1
Neocon Michael Ledeen, though, certainly spends a lot of time talking like a true radical: "Change--above all violent change--is the essence of human history." "Creative destruction is our middle name. We do it automatically...it is time once again to export the democratic revolution." New thread here.
Well, that is a compliment because you are one of the bright posters. And there is not much brightness around this year.
the U.S., under an ostensibly conservative chief executive, is undertaking a social engineering project beyond the wildest dreams of any Soviet commissar. Even the rhetoric of the War Party has acquired a Soviet lilt, complete with routine references to the "liberation" of Iraq and clumsy propaganda campaigns like the saga of Jessica Lynch.
All the talk about liberation is indeed very Soviet era, likewise the brazen "lies are truth" elements like the WMDs stuff.
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