Comments on: The Army, the Navy, and the Air Force http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:23:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Oliver McCarthy http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 Oliver McCarthy Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:03:46 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1550 Actually, most people would consider the idea of President Bush being a liberal internationalist a good deal funnier. Actually, most people would consider the idea of President Bush being a liberal internationalist a good deal funnier.

]]> By: John Randolph http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1549 John Randolph Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:20:34 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1549 Good work, Andrew. I lift a glass to you and the old republic. And I think I'll send you a little gift in the mail for your efforts. TTFN, JR Good work, Andrew. I lift a glass to you and the old republic. And I think I’ll send you a little gift in the mail for your efforts.

TTFN, JR

]]> By: kd http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 kd Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:01:01 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1548 Andrew, Reading how Obamma is up for bombing Pakistan, I realise again what a pricipled, plain-spoken, common sense candidate Dr. Paul is. "I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges, but let me make this clear. There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will." Obamma I shudder reading such 'newspeak' phrases as "actionable intelligence" and "high-value terrorist targets." And people say he is "articulate." Andrew,

Reading how Obamma is up for bombing Pakistan, I realise again what a pricipled, plain-spoken, common sense candidate Dr. Paul is.

“I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges, but let me make this clear. There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won’t act, we will.”

Obamma

I shudder reading such ‘newspeak’ phrases as “actionable intelligence” and “high-value terrorist targets.”

And people say he is “articulate.”

]]> By: kd http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1547 kd Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:14:03 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1547 With apologies to Mr. McCarthy, but I seem unable to find any "liberal rants" among Mr. Cusack's posts. With apologies to Mr. McCarthy, but I seem unable to find any “liberal rants” among Mr. Cusack’s posts.

]]> By: Rob Harrington http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Rob Harrington Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:42:08 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1546 The Emperor Charles, a supporter of Wall Street neo-Wilsonian liberal internationalism! Now I've heard it all! Thank you Oliver McCarthy for providing the laughs for the evening. If only we had more men like Charles, we'd be rid of the evil men like Bush, Blair, Brown, & co. I join with Mr. Cusack in shouting from the rooftops: À bas les libéraux! The Emperor Charles, a supporter of Wall Street neo-Wilsonian liberal internationalism! Now I’ve heard it all! Thank you Oliver McCarthy for providing the laughs for the evening.

If only we had more men like Charles, we’d be rid of the evil men like Bush, Blair, Brown, & co.

I join with Mr. Cusack in shouting from the rooftops: À bas les libéraux!

]]> By: Andrew Cusack http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 Andrew Cusack Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:13:53 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1545 I think one would be hard pressed to claim the Holy Emperor as a supporter of this kind of imperialism, which is liberal internationalism. It was liberal internationalism that lost him his thrown, after all. If Mr. McCarthy would like to aide the enemies of tradition — the enemies of all that is good and holy — by spreading liberal internationalist democracy around the globe, that's his (and Woodrow Wilson's) business, not mine! I think one would be hard pressed to claim the Holy Emperor as a supporter of this kind of imperialism, which is liberal internationalism. It was liberal internationalism that lost him his thrown, after all.

If Mr. McCarthy would like to aide the enemies of tradition — the enemies of all that is good and holy — by spreading liberal internationalist democracy around the globe, that’s his (and Woodrow Wilson’s) business, not mine!

]]> By: Oliver McCarthy http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 Oliver McCarthy Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:05:15 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1544 Perhaps we could do with a post explaining why there is a picture of the last Austro-Hungarian Emperor in the top right-hand corner of a blog full of dreary liberal rants AGAINST imperialism! Is this some brand of American irony that is too subtle for hick Euro-folks like me to understand? Perhaps we could do with a post explaining why there is a picture of the last Austro-Hungarian Emperor in the top right-hand corner of a blog full of dreary liberal rants AGAINST imperialism! Is this some brand of American irony that is too subtle for hick Euro-folks like me to understand?

]]> By: Steven http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 Steven Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:24:40 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1543 Mr. Salmon, when the French were forced to leave their African colonies (empire), they did. But they left the French Foreign Legion behind to serve as bodyguards to the new "independent" presidents. If / when the new presidents crossed the Elysée, the French would withdraw the bodyguards for a few hours or days, and lo and behold, there would be a coup d'etat, and the French would unfailingly offer the "protection" of the Foreign Legion to the new president. As an aside, the former French colonies in Africa are in a *much* better shape than the former British colonies. They have yet to produce an Idi Amin. Fox nutwork news has yet to do a special on this, but there are a number of countries (many Arab countries, Germany, Japan, Greece, Italy, some African countries, some Eastern European countries) where the American government has clout not very different than that of the French in their former African dominions. Ron Paul uses an eclectic idiom, but he doesn't deal in strawmen; both Woodrow Wilson and FDR prided themselves on their "spreading democracy" and "making the world safe for democracy." Wilson insisted that Blessed Charles of Austria be removed for this very reason. A democratic system entails a certain economic system, in which contributions from big business fund the campaigns of politicians willing to give big business everything it wants. More than a little of the opposition to non-democratic forms of government among business leaders stems from the fact that viable monarchies would greatly complicate their lives. Mr. Salmon, when the French were forced to leave their African colonies (empire), they did. But they left the French Foreign Legion behind to serve as bodyguards to the new “independent” presidents. If / when the new presidents crossed the Elysée, the French would withdraw the bodyguards for a few hours or days, and lo and behold, there would be a coup d’etat, and the French would unfailingly offer the “protection” of the Foreign Legion to the new president. As an aside, the former French colonies in Africa are in a *much* better shape than the former British colonies. They have yet to produce an Idi Amin.

Fox nutwork news has yet to do a special on this, but there are a number of countries (many Arab countries, Germany, Japan, Greece, Italy, some African countries, some Eastern European countries) where the American government has clout not very different than that of the French in their former African dominions.

Ron Paul uses an eclectic idiom, but he doesn’t deal in strawmen; both Woodrow Wilson and FDR prided themselves on their “spreading democracy” and “making the world safe for democracy.” Wilson insisted that Blessed Charles of Austria be removed for this very reason.

A democratic system entails a certain economic system, in which contributions from big business fund the campaigns of politicians willing to give big business everything it wants. More than a little of the opposition to non-democratic forms of government among business leaders stems from the fact that viable monarchies would greatly complicate their lives.

]]> By: John Salmon http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 John Salmon Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:29:32 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1542 I saw some of Paul's supporters appearing side by side with LaRouchians at a rally a few weeks ago in Philadelphia. It was a perfect match. I'm mystified: How can you vote for someone who doesn't even know the meaning of the word "empire"? A typical high school student would do better with that word than Paul does. Just to pick at one statement out of so many foolish ones by Paul quoted above: Who says we have a "constitutional responsibilty to go around the world and make the world safe for democracy"? Talk about building a straw man... I saw some of Paul’s supporters appearing side by side with LaRouchians at a rally a few weeks ago in Philadelphia. It was a perfect match.

I’m mystified: How can you vote for someone who doesn’t even know the meaning of the word “empire”? A typical high school student would do better with that word than Paul does.

Just to pick at one statement out of so many foolish ones by Paul quoted above: Who says we have a “constitutional responsibilty to go around the world and make the world safe for democracy”? Talk about building a straw man…

]]> By: Athos http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Athos Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:48:42 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/07/23/the-army-the-navy-and-the-air-force/#comment-1541 Politely regardless of Mrs. Peperium's quip about the "moron's vote," Dr. Paul has my vote. Politics, like Protestantism, is about compromise. The good medico simply <em>doesn't</em>. Politely regardless of Mrs. Peperium’s quip about the “moron’s vote,” Dr. Paul has my vote. Politics, like Protestantism, is about compromise. The good medico simply doesn’t.

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