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Gandhi and Truman in One?
Sep. 29th, 2006 08:23 am♠
And regarding Iraq you are quite the man, aren't you, "making the tough decisions." A regular Harry Truman, consigning thousands to death in order to bring democracy and freedom and peace to millions. But Truman actually produced democracy and freedom and peace, whereas you want credit for your hopes. That's not how it works. If you want to be the hard-ass, you get judged by results. And you can't be Gandhi and Truman at the same time.
-- Michael Kinsley for The Washington Post
That Gandhi part comes in becomes the column is taking issue with President Bush's pristine position on the Life issue when it comes to research on embryos while he is so cavalier about death and collateral damage in the Iraq War, especially when he is failing so bad at the war.
Kinsley is on a roll. It's a good quote. I had not seen Kinsley in some time. I guess he was on an extended vacation, taking advantage of his passport. I wondered if his own case of Parkinson's disease had gotten worse. Embryonic research is not just a theoretical issue for him.
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And regarding Iraq you are quite the man, aren't you, "making the tough decisions." A regular Harry Truman, consigning thousands to death in order to bring democracy and freedom and peace to millions. But Truman actually produced democracy and freedom and peace, whereas you want credit for your hopes. That's not how it works. If you want to be the hard-ass, you get judged by results. And you can't be Gandhi and Truman at the same time.
-- Michael Kinsley for The Washington Post
That Gandhi part comes in becomes the column is taking issue with President Bush's pristine position on the Life issue when it comes to research on embryos while he is so cavalier about death and collateral damage in the Iraq War, especially when he is failing so bad at the war.
Kinsley is on a roll. It's a good quote. I had not seen Kinsley in some time. I guess he was on an extended vacation, taking advantage of his passport. I wondered if his own case of Parkinson's disease had gotten worse. Embryonic research is not just a theoretical issue for him.
