Comments on: Damn, this guy is good: Obama’s message to Iran http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/03/damn-this-guy-is-good-obamas-message-to-iran/ Thoughts that seemed like a good idea at the time Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: Chris J. Miller http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/03/damn-this-guy-is-good-obamas-message-to-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Chris J. Miller Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:21:57 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1146#comment-521 They'll always bellow about appeasement. Every crisis is World War II; their enemies are always Hitler; their heroes are always Churchill. (I've always thought that when someone starts going on about how some Official Enemy "won't respond to reason, they only respect strength," they're revealing a helluva lot more about themselves than about any actual enemy.) But this particular refrain isn't playing as well as it used to; more and more they're just talking to themselves. (I actually saw someone post in a thread today that Iran "wants nothing less than to destroy the United States." Who can take that seriously?) Everyone is familiar with The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and it definitely springs to mind at times like these. They’ll always bellow about appeasement. Every crisis is World War II; their enemies are always Hitler; their heroes are always Churchill. (I’ve always thought that when someone starts going on about how some Official Enemy “won’t respond to reason, they only respect strength,” they’re revealing a helluva lot more about themselves than about any actual enemy.)

But this particular refrain isn’t playing as well as it used to; more and more they’re just talking to themselves. (I actually saw someone post in a thread today that Iran “wants nothing less than to destroy the United States.” Who can take that seriously?) Everyone is familiar with The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and it definitely springs to mind at times like these.

]]> By: phil from new york http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/03/damn-this-guy-is-good-obamas-message-to-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-520 phil from new york Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:49:46 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1146#comment-520 Yes, it is good to have adults in charge at the White House after the eight-year nightmare. However, as Glenn Greenwald predicted, the wingnuts were in full-throated denunciation of the message, comparing Obama to Neville Chamberlain. Haven't they done that already on something else? I do have one question for them, though. Can Obama be a socialist, a communist, a McCarthyite, a terrorist sympathizer, AND a Nazi appeaser all at the same time? Yes, it is good to have adults in charge at the White House after the eight-year nightmare. However, as Glenn Greenwald predicted, the wingnuts were in full-throated denunciation of the message, comparing Obama to Neville Chamberlain. Haven’t they done that already on something else? I do have one question for them, though. Can Obama be a socialist, a communist, a McCarthyite, a terrorist sympathizer, AND a Nazi appeaser all at the same time?

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