[Peace-discuss] Democrats cave completely

[Michael Shapiro]

I don't think the term Mephistophelian bargain makes the right point. As I
understand it that bargain gives up something of oneself (your soul, so to
speak) for some gain. In this case the DEMS may selling their souls to gain
some domestic benefits, but it says nothing about the effect on the Iraqis
and Afghans, as if they did not matter. My point is that the bargain is
trading Iraqi lives for domestic gains. The DEMs may be selling their souls,
but more than that is that they are willing to keep killing Iraqis for some
those gains. To see it as a Mephistophelian bargain is to ignore the effect
on the Iraqis -- a kind of ethnocentricity (like racism but where the
offense isn't to a race but to a people).

On Dec 12, 2007 1:21 AM, John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  At 11:56 PM 12/11/2007, Michael Shapiro wrote:
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> I think this shows some Democrat's true colors -- they are willing to
> spill the blood of Iraqis and Afgans to get some concessions for domestic
> issues.
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> "A Democratic deal to give President Bush some war funding in exchange for
> additional domestic spending"
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> This bargain is pretty insidious, deviant.
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> It's a Mephistophelian bargain.  And it's Politics As Usual.  Ask Dick
> Durbin next time you talk to him whether he finds anything unusual or
> objectionable about it.
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