tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post113275793909747875..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Hell on EarthGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1133215979355229902005-11-28T17:12:00.000-05:002005-11-28T17:12:00.000-05:00Maybe one day Chris will get to understand, person...Maybe one day Chris will get to understand, personally, just how "different" our enemies are.<BR/><BR/>One can only hope.Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552045133035246679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1133186595273950822005-11-28T09:03:00.000-05:002005-11-28T09:03:00.000-05:00I can't disagree with your comments. Certain caus...I can't disagree with your comments. Certain causes have always played well with the limosine liberal class, particularly if you can wrap the issue in anti-Americanism. That's why I hope an eloquent voice can emerge from the Korean gulags, to expose the suffering of its victims--and the hypocrisy of those who pretend to care. As you'll recall, there was little in the western press about the Soviet gulags until publication of the Gulag Archipelago and bold stand of Andrei Sakharov. They helped expose the internal rot of Soviet communism, and Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher ralled the west to defeat it. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, defeating NK will prove more difficult, because Kim Jong-Il will depart with a bang, rather than a whimper. And, with the Iraq experience looming in the public's mind, there is little support for a military campaign against North Korea--even if the DPRK attacks first. Our casualties on the first day of fighting in Korea would likely surpass our combat deaths in Iraq, and I'm sure the NYT would lead the call for a "negotiated" solution. As that pin-head Chris Mattews observed the other day, our enemies aren't evil, just "different."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1132777941555772702005-11-23T15:32:00.000-05:002005-11-23T15:32:00.000-05:00spook86, I disagree with your last paragraph: NGO'...spook86, I disagree with your last paragraph: NGO's like Amnesty highlight the Abu Ghraib allegations on the basis that whining to the chardonnay class about the horrible USA, and its demonic leader W, because such whining resonates with the European jealousy and hatred of the USA - thus opening wallets of those who can afford to throw money at the NGO's.<BR/><BR/>Because "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" line of reasoning goes over quite well with general human nature, NGO's manipulate alleged abuses of a few into a literal feeding frenzy of donations from the rich.<BR/><BR/>By comparison, trumpeting the abuses of those whom W has labeled the "axis of evil" means that those same chardonnay-sippers have to acknowledge that W, their rival and enemy, is right. It'll never happen.<BR/><BR/>So if you are the head of an NGO, and you need to suck the teat of donations from the rich in order to keep your lifestyle funded, you put your newsmaking (and donation) efforts into what works with the donor base. And bashing W, at any cost, works quite well in many parts of the world, especially the capitals of Europe.Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552045133035246679noreply@blogger.com