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In reply to the discussion: Your Ignorance is not as Good; Or, You Don't Know Fuck-All About Syria [View all]flamingdem
(39,793 posts)138. Thanks for the logic
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Your Ignorance is not as Good; Or, You Don't Know Fuck-All About Syria [View all]
alcibiades_mystery
Aug 2013
OP
So what you're saying is that some of these RW Neocons that advanced under Bush
bullwinkle428
Aug 2013
#111
2003 Flashback: Your Ignorance is not as Good; Or, You Don't Know Fuck-All About Iraq
David__77
Aug 2013
#5
That claim is not a universal truth. There are plenty of examples in history...
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#9
Then maybe instead of trying to pop off one liners you should explain that...
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#17
First off, they aren't YOUR employees. They are employees of the state.
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#27
No, you are member of the electorate. You are a citizen. You are not the state.
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#37
The state encompasses public institutions. The public does not constitute the state...
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#49
I'm not sure, but your explanation was pretty straightforward, but so many people don't get it.
6000eliot
Aug 2013
#133
When will this peace start? 'Cause I am fairly sure I have not experienced much of it,
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#72
"Why wouldn't you then submit to their superior knowledge?" - Cognitive dissonance
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#11
It's not a matter of wrong predictions. The Iraq WMD evidence was fabricated.
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#13
The person who works the middle least desk at the state department knew more about Iraq in 2002.
Smarmie Doofus
Aug 2013
#31
If intelligence and analysis drove policy there would be a lot of value to that point.
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#36
Those "experts" are our employes, who ostensibly work for us, and have yet to demonstrate that...
JVS
Aug 2013
#47
The fact that powerful people are more informed in their affairs than us in general...
ocpagu
Aug 2013
#53
The problem is that there are people who know more than me on both sides of most issues.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#59
LOL. I know the state dept person is corrupt and profits from war and death. Full stop.
grahamhgreen
Aug 2013
#68
You mean that the fucktards who insisted there were WMD in Iraq knew more than I?
eridani
Aug 2013
#80
Yeah sure they do but are they telling you the truth or are they trying to manipulate you?
Ganja Ninja
Aug 2013
#91
No doubt they know more. BUt, that is no reason to trust them to do the right thing or
morningfog
Aug 2013
#98
I am conflicted about the Syria thing, but fully agree with this post
distantearlywarning
Aug 2013
#106
nice try at reasoning, but i am not surprised by the responses you're getting. nt
dionysus
Aug 2013
#128