Comments on: Foreign Policy, Labels And Legitimacy http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/05/24/foreign-policy-labels-and-legitimacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foreign-policy-labels-and-legitimacy n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MuteNostrilAgony http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/05/24/foreign-policy-labels-and-legitimacy/comment-page-1/#comment-11071 MuteNostrilAgony Mon, 26 May 2008 03:03:11 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/24/foreign-policy-labels-and-legitimacy/#comment-11071 "Indeed, at the highest levels of wisdom, perhaps we should be grateful that the public never quite got it. Greater public awareness of the reasons, or lack thereof, behind the invasion [of Iraq] could have sparked a crisis of legitimacy. It may be better to continue to waste lives and treasure in Iraq than to allow our institutions to come under fundamental attack. The people must not know the truth." WTF??? I read Bramwell's review in TAC a couple of days ago, and my jaw dropped at that paragraph. Good grief. It sounds like something Bill Kristol mutters to himself in his sleep. However, Dan, I'm not as convinced as you are that enough people "get it." Even if most people are now vaguely aware that Saddam's connections to 9/11 and Al Qaeda never existed, most of the Republican "base" probably still thinks so. They may very well be overrepresented among the voters in key states in November. “Indeed, at the highest levels of wisdom, perhaps we should be grateful that the public never quite got it. Greater public awareness of the reasons, or lack thereof, behind the invasion [of Iraq] could have sparked a crisis of legitimacy. It may be better to continue to waste lives and treasure in Iraq than to allow our institutions to come under fundamental attack. The people must not know the truth.”

WTF???

I read Bramwell’s review in TAC a couple of days ago, and my jaw dropped at that paragraph. Good grief. It sounds like something Bill Kristol mutters to himself in his sleep.

However, Dan, I’m not as convinced as you are that enough people “get it.” Even if most people are now vaguely aware that Saddam’s connections to 9/11 and Al Qaeda never existed, most of the Republican “base” probably still thinks so. They may very well be overrepresented among the voters in key states in November.

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