Noted right wing historiofabulist and rawhide thong enthusiast
Victor Davis “We Who Are About To Watch You Die From A Comfortable
Distance Salute You!” Hanson digs up a famous (albeit false) quote
proving that the Viet Minh were about to throw in the towel and open an
Indian-style casino until Jane Fonda donned a red ao dai and
flounced around on the Mike Douglas Show. And that all that is keeping
the terrorists and insurgents going in their hopeless struggle against
American military might is Harry Reid’s habit of sitting sullenly at his
desk in the Senate, draped in a burka.
This sounds a trifle pat, but I personally am in no position to argue with a man who knows so much about history that he can actually make up his own. Fortunately, Doghouse Riley is:
This sounds a trifle pat, but I personally am in no position to argue with a man who knows so much about history that he can actually make up his own. Fortunately, Doghouse Riley is:
So now read the official al Qaida response to Sen. Harry Reid’s declaration that the war is lost:
Or, y’know what? Better yet. Don’t.As the kids say, Read the whole thing. (Although technically, I suppose, that would be r33d teh h0l thg.)
Who issues the al-Qaeda response to US political news, anyway (gotta admit, though: that “official” is a sweet seeing-eye double with men in scoring position) ? This Parson Weems of Military History styles himself an expert. I’d like to hear one example, just one fucking example, of an insurgency, guerilla movement, partisan faction, or side in a civil conflict, other than one fighting against a pet project of the American Right, which based its strategic plan on the enemy’s internal politics, headline writers, or anti-war movements. Just one, from any time in recorded history. It sure didn’t matter to the Vietnamese whether the French occupiers were Vichy or Gaulist. The Zionists fought Labour or Tory; so did the Irish, so did half-a-dozen other colonized peoples. Israel’s various enemies have fought on regardless of what line was taken against them.
Alternately, name me the insurgency that has simply given up in the face of cold-eyed resolve that booked no domestic criticism. Partisans operated against the Nazi occupier in every country despite a backing back home in the Fatherland that approached statistical unanimity. Insurgents are insurgents because they’re 1) aggrieved enough to fight and 2) weak enough that they can’t employ conventional forces. They already fucking know those things.
And by the way, only 15% of Americans can identify Harry Reid. It’s hard to imagine they’re sitting around the wireless in the Pakistani badlands waiting for the man to give ‘em a pep talk, but if they are maybe they need to check in with Gallup more often.
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Victor David “We Who Are About To Watch You Die From A Comfortable Distance Salute You!” Hanson
I believe it’s “Davis”, but that was nonetheless entirely worth the wait.
I believe it’s “Davis”, but that was nonetheless entirely worth the wait.
Corrected. Thanks D.
Thanks, Scott. Wish I’d thought of that headline. You’re on fire, dude.
Two things: I may have hemmed and hawed about whether Hanson lied or just “misattributed” the quotes, but I feel pretty stongly it was the former. I’d like to hear him explain where he got the quote and how it got it letter perfect with the wrong attribution. (Coulter used part of it last fall, but she did attribute it to Bui Tin.) If he didn’t know enough about the war to know that didn’t sound like anything we’ve ever heard from Giap, let alone that he really hasn’t talked much anyway, then he doesn’t know enough to be spouting off about its lessons. But we knew that already.
Second, there’s independent evidence suggesting the interview took place, but it’s from 1995 and the Journal’s web access goes back only to ’96. That professional ex-Marine’s site just has some Q&A with no exposition whatsoever.
Two things: I may have hemmed and hawed about whether Hanson lied or just “misattributed” the quotes, but I feel pretty stongly it was the former. I’d like to hear him explain where he got the quote and how it got it letter perfect with the wrong attribution. (Coulter used part of it last fall, but she did attribute it to Bui Tin.) If he didn’t know enough about the war to know that didn’t sound like anything we’ve ever heard from Giap, let alone that he really hasn’t talked much anyway, then he doesn’t know enough to be spouting off about its lessons. But we knew that already.
Second, there’s independent evidence suggesting the interview took place, but it’s from 1995 and the Journal’s web access goes back only to ’96. That professional ex-Marine’s site just has some Q&A with no exposition whatsoever.
I’m no academic, but it seems like the day Ann Coulter
proves to be more scrupulous in her attributions is the day you should
stop calling yourself an historian and start asking people if they’d
like to get the Super Value Meal (comes with large fries and a medium
drink) for only 49 cents more.
…and start asking people if they’d like to get the Super Value
Meal (comes with large fries and a medium drink) for only 49 cents more.
something tells me that we’d wind up with a 25 minute soliloquy previous to the order, which he’d then eat himself after the customer realises they have to get back to work in 5 minutes and can’t stick around for the 12 minute recap of “number 72 your order is ready”
something tells me that we’d wind up with a 25 minute soliloquy previous to the order, which he’d then eat himself after the customer realises they have to get back to work in 5 minutes and can’t stick around for the 12 minute recap of “number 72 your order is ready”
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