Comments | smurfpig: where does he find them?

smurfpig

where does he find them?

Jan 09, 2007 15:05

Apparently Bush is nominating a Muslim neo-con as US envoy to the UN ( Read more... )

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anonymous January 9 2007, 21:51:24 UTC

Khalilzad is Wolfowitz's boy...one of the most toxic of the neocons. He has also worked for Cheney, and before he was in government he worked for the oil company Unocal. They were the guys who were working with the Taliban, and Khalilzad was a big supported of the mujahadeen. I can't even begin to understand the twisted machinations that drive this guy ( ... )

smurfpig January 10 2007, 05:59:20 UTC

Well then, that makes a lot of sense.
But do you really think that the neocons are going to try and take this to the next level at this point? I'm not so sure they have the footing anymore. I could just be naive though...

PS good word choice with 'braggart' there Mr(s).Mystery Political Analyst.

anonymous January 10 2007, 13:31:09 UTC

The neocons definitely have the footing...they just don't have the political support (not in the US, anyway). Unfortunately, they don't need that. The congress has little say about foreign policy, and even less say about what the military does. The neocons have painstakingly strengthened the executive branch's role over the past 25 years, and they have been rewarding their corporate supporters lavishly for the past six ( ... )

smurfpig January 10 2007, 20:58:42 UTC

By 'marshal-law legislation' I'm assuming you're referring to the patriot act and other such restrictive legislation, correct?

Despite your claim of not being a 'wackjob' and the subsequent qualification of that statement by citing your sources, truth-be-told you're an anonymous person posting on my insignificant little livejournal...so you very well could be a wackjob...an eloquent wackjob...but still a wackjob. :)

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