Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Neo-Nuts

In a literal nutshell, this is how neocons think. Daniel Pipes gives advice to Pres. Obama:

He needs a dramatic gesture to change the public perception of him as a light-weight, bumbling ideologue, preferably in an arena where the stakes are high, where he can take charge, and where he can trump expectations...

Such an opportunity does exist: Obama can give orders for the U.S. military to destroy the Iranian nuclear weapon capacity. [...]

Just as 9/11 caused voters to forget George W. Bush’s meandering early months, a strike on Iranian facilities would dispatch Obama’s feckless first year down the memory hole and transform the domestic political scene. It would sideline health care, prompt Republicans to work with Democrats, make netroots squeal, independents reconsider, and conservatives swoon.

Killing thousands of people is about TV ratings and opinion polls. If the deaths of thousands bring you up in the polls, go for it!

How in the world did these people ever successfully portray themselves as operating in the interests of the country? Or in the interests of human decency? Or simple sanity?

1 comment:

MT said...

It's nice though that they're thinking of him like he's on their team. I mean, they're offering suggestions to help.