Never Never Never
James Lileks' always brilliant bleat has attracted a lot of attention today.He weighs in on the Rummymemo flap of yesterday with this gem:
The Rummymemo flap is depressing on a number of levels. Oh, in one respect, it’s heartening; you could take it to mean “okay, we’ve conquered Afghanistan and Iraq; is there anything else we should be doing?” - a sentiment which would have seemed quite reassuring to some after 9/11. (And horrifying to others, who hoped that having been knocked flat by a sucker punch, we would crawl back to our corner, spit into the bucket, and request permission from the French and German judges to declare the bout a draw.) It’s not an “admission of failure, ” as Daschle put it - hell, the administration could put Osama’s head on a stick in the Rose Garden, and Daschle would call it an admission of failure that they hadn’t located the torso. I will never trust these people with national security again. Never, never, never.
Many others have chimed in on the blogosphere to agree with the "Never, never, never" line. Others agree, but are unwilling to say something as definite as "never" when it comes to politics. But this is as safe a bet as you can make. Considering the topic, terrorism, national security, I have no problem saying "never" myself.
NEVER
See? I'd be unwilling to say something so definite with regards to health care or taxes, but on this issue, how much more evidence do we need? I've got enough tjudgmentjudgement. I suspect that others are unwilling to "call it" at this stage because of what thundoubtedlydoubtebly mean, ....that in the post 9/11 world, a world we will live in for theforeseeableorseeable future, there is simply no democrat worthy of consideration for the task of leading through it.
None.
I sympathize with those who are unwilling to be as black-and-white as I am here, but the evidence is all around us.
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