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July 31, 2013

Nobody says “Detroit is alive and al-Qaeda is dead” any more.

It’s not funny these days. Not even to the NYT.

Well that’s what you get for redeploying your firefighting assets in an irrational way. What did they expect? What did they expect for not naming the enemy, or even denying its existence? For trying to fight the War on Terror as a law enforcement? For substituting cafe talking points for strategy?

It is tempting to ask “what did you expect by choosing Barack Obama?” but that would be untrue and unfair. President Obama is the result, not the cause of the strategic malaise. He’s not the reason for this catastrophe he’s the consequence.

The malaise was caused by the huge and growing defects within the Narrative. It jumped the shark. Even now it seems to care mostly about political correctness, gender advocacy, carbon sequestration and not offending anyone — except the Tea Party. It has forgotten that beyond the Narrative, there is Reality..... If there’s any hope within this editorial it is that the first glimmer of fear is now openly appearing within the liberal establishment. They’re beginning to suspect it’s not going to work; that survival is not guaranteed; that American dominance — indeed their own jobs and lives — are not a given. It has finally occurred to them that the US can lose the Middle East; that America can be defeated after all, if they behave stupidly enough.

But one must let them come to this realization themselves, just as if they were the first persons to think of it. Their vanity must be given its due. Because it is all they have. It impelled them to make history’s most stupid luxury purchase: the elevation of Barack Obama to President of the United States. That memory is embarassment enough for anyone. Let them eat crow in peace. -- Belmont Club » The First Glimmer

Posted by gerardvanderleun at July 31, 2013 5:00 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Well said, reminds me of the phrase "there are none so blind as those who will not see".

Posted by: .45 GAP at July 31, 2013 5:09 AM

They'll eat their crow but hardly in peace.

Posted by: Denny at July 31, 2013 8:49 AM

Unfortunately with the way things have been engineered, we'll all be required to sup on crow soup right along with them...But at least there's still some bread and circuses available to take our minds off our troubles.

Posted by: monkeyfan at July 31, 2013 4:02 PM

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