tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post115912793696352328..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: What You Won't Read in The New York TimesGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1159189419129168392006-09-25T09:03:00.000-04:002006-09-25T09:03:00.000-04:00I am fully convinced the Washington Post no longer...I am fully convinced the Washington Post <A HREF="http://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2006/08/problem-of-media-misreporting.html" REL="nofollow">no longer understands</A> its 'local beat': <A HREF="http://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2006/09/factually-challenged-washington-post.html" REL="nofollow">reporting on the Federal Government</A>.<BR/><BR/>The problem of understanding the internetworking of Transnational Terrorism is a difficult one, because <A HREF="http://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2006/07/template-of-terror.html" REL="nofollow">they share links</A> that are direct and indirect and spread capability across organizations. In point of fact terrorism is multi-causational, although the sharing of commonality of means and methods gets them a similarity of bloody gloss to their viewpoint. The <A HREF="http://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2006/07/fault-lines-shift-removing-status-quo.html" REL="nofollow">faultlines of the Middle East</A> had been held in stasis by the Cold War and that status quo needed to be changed and would be with or without the intervention of the US. Without direct US involvement in removing tyranny, the prospect of more terrorism and a spread of tyrannical regimes was something that could not be denied. None of the 'soft power' of the US was gaining traction in a time-frame that was meaningful to changing the outlook of the Middle East. Running away from that problem brought it to Our Shores.<BR/><BR/>There are <A HREF="http://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2006/09/long-term-consequences-of-defeat.html" REL="nofollow">long term consequences to defeat</A>, and if we do *not* remember that and do *not* stand up with those we have helped from the grasp of tyranny, then we will get a heavy butcher's bill down the road closer and closer to home. Using the deaths of innocents to quaver in the face of tyrants and those wishing Empire is cowardice. Not realizing that when one stands up to tyrants and those seeking dominion over the world that they will fight *back* is sheer stupidity. The US has *always* been attacked by those wishing to deny freedom and liberty and they will use *any* excuse to do so. It is sad that the media cannot figure out how to put *that* into context, either.A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1159130712965797002006-09-24T16:45:00.000-04:002006-09-24T16:45:00.000-04:00It's a shame that when any government agency gets ...It's a shame that when any government agency gets hopelessly captured by yet another entrenched clique of hard and fast Democrats, the most a Republican President can do is create a new one to do most of the work. <BR/><BR/>The old one, presumably due to Civil Service emplyment rules, can never be killed off and remains as yet another permanently subsidized cog in the Democratic PR machine, closely allied to the 90%+ Democratic press corps.Meme chosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865591948571254226noreply@blogger.com