[lit-ideas] Re: The Strident Voice of Defeat
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:14:25 -0600
Brian:
Do you read any milblogs?
Why does anyone read any blogs? I've never understood that. Anyone in the
world can have a blog. According to Technorati on July 31, 2006 there were 50
million blogs. http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/003674.php I have to listen
to too many idiots as it is (present company excluded, of course). Blogs:
"Look at me, Mommy, look at me!"
Mike Geary
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 5:40 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Strident Voice of Defeat
Irene, what propaganda are you talking about? Robert Kaplan is an editor for
The Atlantic and has reported for various news outlets for over twenty years.
I don't know his politics but I would speculate it is Center-Left. And I think
if we compare my information sources with yours I'm reading on a wider spectrum
than you are.
You say that facts don't enter into my equation but I've asked you to back up
your absurd statement about "the military" and you are now retreating from it
into some kind of conspiracy. I'm asking you for facts. You made an
assertion. Back it up. Don't just restate what you've already said.
If you don't I can recommend some for you and we'll see if the facts that
are reported there aren't too damaging to your realist (aka defeatist)
worldview. The people on your side either believe we cannot win (it is
impossible and probably always was) or don't want to win.
Brian
On Jan 13, 2007, at 11:32 PM, Andy Amago wrote:
You read only feel good propaganda and wishful thinking. By the time the
generals offer themselves up with quotable quotes it will be way too late.
Facts just don't enter into your equation Brian. It's always Life the Way It
Ought To Be. Why the *hell* are we losing so desperately and al Qaeda is
growing so rapidly? We're not even breaking even. We're losing. Write back
and suggest I read some propaganda so I too know the truth about life the way
it ought to be.
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