[Peace-discuss] Bacevich: Vietnam vs. Munich, and Creating an "Iraq/Afghanistan Syndrome"

[C. G. Estabrook]

Actually, Bacevich's condemnation of Obama is more severe, personal, and even 
moralistic than those of us who think that Obama is just another political hack 
like Kennedy, Clinton, the Bushes et al.  Bacevich' marshmallow prose covers 
this particular nut in the DN interview, even though Amy points it out:

'AMY GOODMAN: Our guest today is Andrew Bacevich. This is his first interview on 
his book that’s coming out tomorrow, Washington Rules: America’s Path to 
Permanent War. I wanted to read a quote from a piece you just recently wrote, 
where you’re saying, "The question demands to be asked: Who is more deserving of 
contempt? The commander-in-chief who sends young Americans to die for a cause, 
however misguided, in which he sincerely believes? [B. MEANS G. W. BUSH] Or the 
commander-in-chief who sends young Americans to die for a cause in which he 
manifestly does not believe and yet refuses to forsake? [HE MEANS B. H. OBAMA]"'

Obama is more deserving of contempt than Bush, because he's a hypocrite.

We should be putting that around.


On 8/3/10 8:59 PM, Brussel Morton K. wrote:
> ...you condemn [Bacevich] because he does not come right out and say that
> Obama is part and parcel of the MI (+ media and academic) complex...