[lbo-talk] Garry Wills does nice short summary of RS article

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jun 24 20:30:29 PDT 2010


On Jun 24, 2010, at 11:26 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:


> Obama is conducting an even more brutal war than Bush did, but he
> explains it only with Bushisms: "I want the American people to
> understand that we have a clear and focused goal - to disrupt,
> dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to
> prevent their return to either country in the future. That’s the
> goal that must be achieved.”

These are not "Bushishms." They're concise, grammatical English. That makes the liberals swoon, even though the meaning is the same brutal nonsense.

Doug



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