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Do any Americans finally see through these killers? On Monday they are mad about East Timor, on Tuesday Kosovo. Wednesday they wake up and shout about Israel, while on Thursday it’s American troops once in Saudi Arabia. Does anyone see a pattern here, especially when they talk of lost “honor” and “humiliation”? ~Victor Davis Hanson […]

Do any Americans finally see through these killers? On Monday they are mad about East Timor, on Tuesday Kosovo. Wednesday they wake up and shout about Israel, while on Thursday it’s American troops once in Saudi Arabia. Does anyone see a pattern here, especially when they talk of lost “honor” and “humiliation”? ~Victor Davis Hanson

Via Clark Stooksbury

I wonder if Hanson is aware of how easily this criticism can be parodied to the detriment of Hanson and his friends.  It might go something like this:

Do any Americans finally see through these warmongers?  On Monday they are mad about Bosnia, on Tuesday Kosovo.  Wednesday they wake up and shout about Iraq, while on Thursday it’s Iranian nukes that do not yet exist.  Does anyone see a pattern here, especially when they talk of “appeasement” and “fascism”?

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