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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have argued to hoarseness with many republican friends (I have family who work/volunteer for the party) and they -even the most educated of them - adopt this "fuck the facts" position when you begin hitting them with evidence. They actually pride themselves on not following the standard procedures of debate. They deride challenges on the facts as "lawyer tricks". Its very odd. Its like they know they're wrong, but their cause is somehow "morally" better than the left, so they're justified in taking a holiday from the usual burden of proof required to make a valid point in debate. This is part of the "dumbing down" of the country I spoke of earlier. They fancy their lack of articulate response as some sort of deep earthiness and "true moral centeredness". Its like their trying to rollback society's acceptance of the scientific and socractic methods alltogether. Its an embrace of superstition. Why else would they coo so much about how W "speaks from the heart" and "is a man of beliefs". These people are afraid - society's lurching forward and they're not ready. They want the security of blind faith. And more than anything, they want certainty.
Don't take this as some Chicken Litte screed. This one has a happy ending. These scared backward people inevitably lose in the end. As Ty said yesterday, whether they like it or not, Paris is coming to their doorstep. The savages will be civilized one way or another...
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Bullshit. Here's some facts
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IIS documents reveal that the Deputy General Manager of SOFEMA, a French company, planned to visit Iraq in January 2000 on behalf of a number of French military companies to "seek possible trading between the two countries" concerning Iraqi air defense capabilities. These efforts continued right up until Operation Iraqi Freedom ("OIF"). The Report notes that in late December 2002 Iraq "initiated efforts to acquire replacement parts for the Roland II Surface to air missile system, valves for Iraq's air defense system, and various other high technology items with military and battlefield applications" from the French Thompson Company and that Mr. Duelfer's team "found evidence of coordination on this procurement up until 23 days before OIF."
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Our ally was selling weapons to Iraq to shoot down our planes. John Kerry wants us to be more sensitive to what that ally wants us to do. Ty and his crew will parse, and twist and avoid this rather shocking discovery. We are near end times Sebastian. You must choose.
