Rice kicked the Bear last month, now it's Palin's turn
It's been quite a month of U.S. posture after the Russia-Georgia conflict. Tonight the Republican veep nominee had this to say to her thus far sole interviewer:
GIBSON (ABC News): And under the NATO treaty, wouldn't we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia?She's none too clear, however, because later she said it "didn't have to lead" to war, or Cold War. She's a quick learner with that little twist of ambiguity. A few days with trained Cold Warrior Rice and Palin will be ready to saddle up and ride like Slim Pickens in a certain Kubrick movie (that just played a couple of nights ago on TCM).
PALIN: Perhaps so.
It's all really just verbiage designed to kick up the jingoism play of the day. My how things change. I recall a September 11 not too long ago (2006) when the biggest thing in all of history, the "calling of our generation," as President Bush put it, was the global Terror War:
President Bush (9/11/2006): Since the horror of 9/11, we've learned a great deal about the enemy. We have learned that they are evil and kill without mercy -- but not without purpose. We have learned that they form a global network of extremists who are driven by a perverted vision of Islam -- a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent. And we have learned that their goal is to build a radical Islamic empire where women are prisoners in their homes, men are beaten for missing prayer meetings, and terrorists have a safe haven to plan and launch attacks on America and other civilized nations. The war against this enemy is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century, and the calling of our generation.Is the Terror War being buried along with the Bush-tainted Republican "brand" in favor of the New Cold War?
Posted by The Owl at 23:36. Filed under: War and peace
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