tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post110633676777179721..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: West and the Washington TimesJonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1106494106984551712005-01-23T10:28:00.001-05:002005-01-23T10:28:00.001-05:00Reader's note. For those who HAVE noticed, one mig...Reader's note. For those who HAVE noticed, one might hypothesize a positive relationship between the quality of the Times' editorial page and the work of its editor, Tony Blankley.<br /><br />As to the content of the West article, I read her point as being the proper identification of an enemy; her distinction being between a tactic and a an abstract idealism of some sort (say, radical Islam, whatever that implies). <br /><br />So far so good. But there's much more work to be done. In WWII, was the Axis, Hitler, Mussolini and Hiro Hito, or fascism and imperialism? If you checked "yes," you get it.<br /><br />What it wasn't ("kamikazeism," "blitzkriegism," take your choice of tactics) might be a fair equivalent of "terrorism" in today's terms. <br /><br />Will the Times next develop the connection between, as Ms. West points out, "some fringe" of 100 million plus soles (a population greater than that of France and Germany combined) committed to violent destruction of their universe of "infidels (that would be us)," their leaders and where they operate?<br /><br />Someone had better.<br /><br />BarnestormerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1106494106970168842005-01-23T10:28:00.000-05:002005-01-23T10:28:00.000-05:00Reader's note. For those who HAVE noticed, one mig...Reader's note. For those who HAVE noticed, one might hypothesize a positive relationship between the quality of the Times' editorial page and the work of its editor, Tony Blankley.<br /><br />As to the content of the West article, I read her point as being the proper identification of an enemy; her distinction being between a tactic and a an abstract idealism of some sort (say, radical Islam, whatever that implies). <br /><br />So far so good. But there's much more work to be done. In WWII, was the Axis, Hitler, Mussolini and Hiro Hito, or fascism and imperialism? If you checked "yes," you get it.<br /><br />What it wasn't ("kamikazeism," "blitzkriegism," take your choice of tactics) might be a fair equivalent of "terrorism" in today's terms. <br /><br />Will the Times next develop the connection between, as Ms. West points out, "some fringe" of 100 million plus soles (a population greater than that of France and Germany combined) committed to violent destruction of their universe of "infidels (that would be us)," their leaders and where they operate?<br /><br />Someone had better.<br /><br />BarnestormerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1106381783935200572005-01-22T03:16:00.000-05:002005-01-22T03:16:00.000-05:00Our president significantly contributed to your pe...Our president significantly contributed to your perceived "language' problem. Didn't his pre-invasion State of the Union Address focus on WMDs and mushroom clouds? I haven't looked at the speech in awhile, but I recall nothing but these two justifications for our war in the middle east. I recall Rice's issue framing by using connect the dots/mushroom cloud sound bites and Powell's WMD pitch to the UN. Blame the president and his administration for framing the issue in a way that inhibits his ability to achieve "clarity."<br /><br />Or are you a flip-flopper like others who simply change rationales after the original is debunked?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com