re: #166 EPR-radar

Another point. Even if sincere belief in PNAC fever dreams by Bush/Cheney is assumed, using the 9/11 tragedy to manipulate US public opinion in favor of the Iraq war still counts as deeply cynical.

I tend to think of them as people who had never learned that you should always be your own harshest critic. They are wishful thinking and confirmation bias writ large. Cripes, most of them, even the ones who had ‘crises of faith’ as Iraq descended into chaos after 2003, STILL believe that shit, and just think we need to try it on another country.

Then again, they still apparently believe you just have to cut taxes a little more to solve the deficit problem. Go figure.

“You have no respect for logic, and I have no respect for those who have no respect for logic.”