Krauthammer: My Pants Don't Tingle When Obama Gets On His War-Talk!

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Krauthammer: My Pants Don't Tingle When Obama Gets On His War-Talk!

Posted by Brad Reed, Sadly, No! at 11:33 AM on December 5, 2009.


This is, in a lot of ways, the quintessential neoconservative column. It isn’t enough that Obama send 30,000 troops over to fight the Taliban. No, Obama must provide the neocons with emotional gratification in the form of wanton blood lust. Look at this:

"Nonetheless, most supporters of the Afghanistan war were satisfied. They got the policy; the liberals got the speech. The hawks got three-quarters of what Gen. Stanley McChrystal wanted — 30,000 additional U.S. troops — and the doves got a few soothing words. Big deal, say the hawks.

"But it is a big deal. Words matter because will matters."

And this is why the neocons will never warm to Obama, no matter how many wars he eventually decides to start. It’s a personality thing, really — Obama likes to give off the air of someone who makes decisions only after careful deliberation and weighing the costs and benefits. The neocons, however, only respect fellow travelers who get funny feelings in their pants when they think about war, people who really get off on the idea of watching other people get blown up. For them, war isn’t merely an act of national defense but an emotional gratification and a validation of their personal strength.

To be fair, I can sympathize with them in some ways. When I used to play StarCraft back in the day, I’d really enjoy sending in a platoon of siege tanks to blow up Zerg encampments. But mercifully for the rest of the world, I learned to get out my primordial thirst for blood through computer games and not through becoming a member of the American foreign policy establishment. If only I’d applied to work at the American Enterprise Institute instead, I could have made quite a name for myself. What could have been and so forth. ... http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/144382/krauthammer%3A_my_pants_don%27t_tingle_when_obama_gets_on_his_war-talk%21

Krauthammer column:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/03/AR2009120303605.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

[Peace4us]

1. I Am So Sorry

I am so sorry that Obama has not seen the wisdom in bringing the troops home. Afghanistan is a quagmire so reminiscent of Vietnam that I am getting waves of deja-vu.

A couple of years ago I was driving by Fort Lewis and stopped at restaurant close by the base. I saw all these young people in their fatigues, laughing and talking, physically fit, bursting with life, as only youth can be.

I started tearing up, getting physically ill, I couldn't even finish my food. They were all cannon fodder, their blood to pay to line the pockets of a parasitical elite. All just barely adult, probably believing they are patriots, doing their duty for their country.

Mothers and Fathers when will you stop sending your children to death or maiming so that fat cat bankers can drain our country of it's wealth?

[monmouth]

2. Wow. Billy Kristol will not be amused with this...LOL...n/t

[emulatorloo]

3. Hilarious. There is nobody more disingenous than Krauthammer.

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