https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/09/09/911-learning-little-forgetting-nothing/ The Online Perch of a Real Elitist Snob Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:39:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/09/09/911-learning-little-forgetting-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-32092 Matthew Hoh’s Resignation: Losing Our Focus in Afghanistan | Positive Infinity Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:49:21 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=14#comment-32092 [...] Back in 2006 I wrote the following, on the fifth anniversary of 9/11: [...] [...] Back in 2006 I wrote the following, on the fifth anniversary of 9/11: [...]

]]> https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/09/09/911-learning-little-forgetting-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-5193 Positive Infinity » The Pseudosophisticates That Run the Pseudodemocracy Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:50:29 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=14#comment-5193 [...] Although they broke down the data for domestic politics according to party and ideological affiliation, they did not do this for foreign politics.  It would be very interesting to see how this divides up.  Given the low level overall, it’s hard to envision either side having much of an advantage, which explains the simplistic "either/or" thinking about the U.S.’s foreign enemies that p.... [...] [...] Although they broke down the data for domestic politics according to party and ideological affiliation, they did not do this for foreign politics.  It would be very interesting to see how this divides up.  Given the low level overall, it’s hard to envision either side having much of an advantage, which explains the simplistic "either/or" thinking about the U.S.’s foreign enemies that p…. [...]

]]> https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/09/09/911-learning-little-forgetting-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 Positive Infinity » The Complicated Position of Syria Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:54:51 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=14#comment-1734 [...] should Nancy Pelosi talk with the Syrians?  Probably not.  In the U.S., we have only two alternatives to deal with foreigners that seem to be a problem to us, and neither approach will advance our real interests in the Middle East. Bookmark [...] [...] should Nancy Pelosi talk with the Syrians?  Probably not.  In the U.S., we have only two alternatives to deal with foreigners that seem to be a problem to us, and neither approach will advance our real interests in the Middle East. Bookmark [...]

]]> https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/09/09/911-learning-little-forgetting-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Positive Infinity » Capax Imperii, Nisi Imperasset: The Epitaph of the Boomers Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:42:42 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=14#comment-891 [...] methodologies that have dogged the Bush administration. The most obvious result of this dichotomy is the dilemma we face with the war on Islamic careerism. It’s like Christian comedian Mark Lowry’s description of the old-time Baptists: not [...] [...] methodologies that have dogged the Bush administration. The most obvious result of this dichotomy is the dilemma we face with the war on Islamic careerism. It’s like Christian comedian Mark Lowry’s description of the old-time Baptists: not [...]

]]> https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/09/09/911-learning-little-forgetting-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Positive Infinity » Campaign 2008: Where It Ends Depends on Where the Candidates Started Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:46:43 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=14#comment-188 [...] The problem with this is that the U.S.’ main power challengers–the Muslim Arabs, a "closed circle" of their own–are people who play by an entirely different set of rules.  The Cold War, a relatively set-piece business, for the most part could be managed by people with an Ivy League mentality.  This one can’t, which is why we’re stuck with two unworkable alternatives to solve our problem in Iraq and no Plan C. [...] [...] The problem with this is that the U.S.’ main power challengers–the Muslim Arabs, a "closed circle" of their own–are people who play by an entirely different set of rules.  The Cold War, a relatively set-piece business, for the most part could be managed by people with an Ivy League mentality.  This one can’t, which is why we’re stuck with two unworkable alternatives to solve our problem in Iraq and no Plan C. [...]

]]> https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/09/09/911-learning-little-forgetting-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Positive Infinity » Ann Coulter Finds Voting in Palm Beach Tricker Than It Looks Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:50:28 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=14#comment-58 [...] My own years in Palm Beach–with many drug and alcohol besotted classmates raised by the help–convinced me that “rich kid” raising would not result in people capable of leading any society through survival, let alone victory, something that was slipping out of our grasp in Vietnam. The subsequent course of history has led us to the dilemma that I described in my piece on 9/11 five years after. [...] [...] My own years in Palm Beach–with many drug and alcohol besotted classmates raised by the help–convinced me that “rich kid” raising would not result in people capable of leading any society through survival, let alone victory, something that was slipping out of our grasp in Vietnam. The subsequent course of history has led us to the dilemma that I described in my piece on 9/11 five years after. [...]

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