We are truly reaching levels of doublespeak not seen since the GWB Administration
We are truly reaching levels of doublespeak not seen since the GWB Administration
Also it's rationale not rational
Makes sense, considering the Democrat's foreign policy people are basically the same people from the Bush Administration.
But doctor, I am the neocon
There's a fucked up old black and white science fiction movie where astronauts go to "Planet X" and... freak out and kill everything in sight because what they find are basically just Earth life forms except larger and just sitting there. The feeemale of the crew screams, they shoot. And then again, and again.
Eventually, the rocket takes off after leaving a magical nuclear weapon that blows up the entire planet. The narrator voice says, at that moment, "we brought civilization to Planet X."
This has that energy.
If bombs bring civilization that means america is uncivilized because it's never been bombed
It remind me of James Blish book "A Case of Conscience" from 1958, way more talking but ultimately ends the same. Also author was either a disgusting catochud or got too immersed in narration, i'm not familiar with his other works so idk.
"De-escalation through escalation", a proud intellectual descendant of "made desolation and call it peace" and "kill them, for the Lord knows those that are His"
We have to kill civilians because they will become future combatants in response to us killing civilians
"Lethal aid"
And, i hate to say it "war is peace"
How the fuck did Orwell ever actually believe that applied to the Soviets I don't know.
I mean he came with the concept of doublespeak because he practiced it so much.
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Georges Orwell when the system he diligently defended becomes the exact dystopia he accused its enemies of being
Hey, it's an old fascist trick: Always accuse the other side of that which you are guilty.
Britain is an impoverished surveillance state cut off from the world where the people are horribly oppressed by an elite ruling class that hates them and exists only to reinforce their misery
I knew this would happen if my beloved Albion fell to Stalinism!
they're communists, right? Right?
The tried and true colonialism tactic of "what if we made everything more extreme, that will calm things down."
Let's ask South Vietnam how that went.
We're gonna get Israeli Pol Pot
Notions like "the best defence is offence" and a preemptive/preventive war have existed for a long time, to be fair. It's just that this isn't the first time Israel or the US have pulled that card and it never worked. Hezbollah was founded the first time Israel invaded Lebanon ffs.
Even if it did work in this case, it would be short-sighted, as the injustice in Palestine would continue and it's just a matter of time before things blow up again. "No justice, no peace" and all that.
Both Hamas and Hezbollah are products of Israeli belligerence. The only real way to get rid of them while keeping Israel trucking along is complete genocide.
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Im Stopping the Fire by starting another Fire
That can sometimes work though
The fire of the oppressed's desire for liberation cannot be starved as long as the oppression continues. The wildfire only finds purchase when it is not given more fuel.
<to the tune of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire>
In my head I hear John Kirby at a press conference tomorrow "Look, I briefed the president on the 'de-escalation through escalation is some brain genius stupid shit' meme that's trending. He is aware but he will not be commenting on that. So - Mike listen Mike - no more questions about that. That's final. That goes for the rest of you too. Moving on..."
I hope Orwell is down in hell watching his precious western capitalism turn in to exactly the absurd caricature of Communism that he shat in to the world. I hope he's screaming down in the ice with the other traitors.
So Nixon’s Madman theory
Also it's rationale not rational
That mistake always drives me crazy.
