The Gift

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The following were posted up by the notorious Uncle $cam on a 'Moon Of Alabama' content thread:

I think we ought to execute some air strikes against Syria, against the instruments of power of that state, against the airport, which is the place where the weapons shuttle through from Iran to Hezbollah and Hamas. I think both Syria and Iran think that we're cowards. [...] The last thing we ought to do now is to start talking about cease-fires and the rest.
-- James Woolsey, Former CIA Director

We might consider countering this act of Iranian aggression with a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Why wait? Does anyone think a nuclear Iran can be contained? That the current regime will negotiate in good faith? It would be easier to act sooner rather than later. Yes, there would be repercussions -- and they would be healthy ones, showing a strong America that has rejected further appeasement.
-- Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard

The one thing we want to avoid is stopping Israel before it gets a chance to do what it is trying to do to Hezbollah. So here's hoping that Rice's visit to the region "at some point in the future" comes later rather than sooner.
-- Rich Lowry, National Review Online

The answer lies in delivering an unequivocal blow to Syrian ground forces deployed near the Lebanese border. [...] Of course, Syria could respond with missile attacks against Israeli cities, but given the dilapidated state of Syria's army, the chances are greater that Assad will simply internalize the message.
-- Michael Oren, The New Republic

Here's what I do know about World War III and the impending apocalypse. One, we can't coexist with people who want to blow up trains and subways and bring down buildings. If somebody has a death wish, not really the best negotiating partner. [...] And it's not just us. It's the whole Western way of life that is in trouble. That's why we need to get on that World War III bandwagon.
-- Glenn Beck, CNN Headline News

Iran is behind the terror attacks on Israeli forces. The whole thing is part of World War III, ladies and gentlemen. Islamic fascism against the West. That global conflict, unfortunately, is here for the foreseeable future.
--Bill O'Reilly

That's why I think this is a gift to the world, folks. This is an opportunity finally to do something about Iran. Iran is the elephant in the room in all of this, and if we sit here and say it's Hezbollah or it's Assad or it's Syria or it's Hamas, we are blaming the tentacles and not the brain, and Iran is the center and the focus of this, and that's why this is a gift.
-- Rush Limbaugh

Pretty powerful stuff, huh.

And it's just the Neandercons and their Screamers, in their own carefully chosen words of anti-wisdom.

No wonder Billmon, and now Krugman, are both so into the form.

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Also known affectionately as Gary 'U$' Bonds, and thus the 'Devil With A Blue Dress' reference which, even though it was written by Bonds, was actually made famous by Mitch Ryder and the Deeetroit Wheels which is not quite as good as the MC5, but it's close enough, especially for Uncle $cam.
To see a real devil with his blue dress on see: Neil Ornstein of Snorkblog.

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