Comments on: What I saw at the revolution… http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:42:44 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: MarkinAustin http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9198 MarkinAustin Sun, 11 May 2008 20:08:14 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9198 <p>Klinger is a Lebanese name?</p> <p>I have to admit, I had to read the Cap’ns post twice before I caught the M*A*S*H reference.</p> Klinger is a Lebanese name?

I have to admit, I had to read the Cap’ns post twice before I caught the M*A*S*H reference.

]]> By: Hatmandu http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9182 Hatmandu Sun, 11 May 2008 14:47:31 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9182 <p>Capt, you make me smile.</p> Capt, you make me smile.

]]> By: 4jkb4ia http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9181 4jkb4ia Sun, 11 May 2008 14:02:30 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9181 <p>Nothing on Lebanon, but <a href="http://lisagoldman.net/2008/05/06/israel-at-60-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%A9/" rel="nofollow"><br /> this excellent post</a> on Israel at 60.</p> Nothing on Lebanon, but
this excellent post on Israel at 60.

]]> By: 4jkb4ia http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9179 4jkb4ia Sun, 11 May 2008 11:04:12 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9179 <p>Don’t laugh: these English-speaking Lebanese bloggers are probably some of the same people that Lisa of On the Face got to know during the Lebanon war. I have not checked that site yet.</p> Don’t laugh: these English-speaking Lebanese bloggers are probably some of the same people that Lisa of On the Face got to know during the Lebanon war. I have not checked that site yet.

]]> By: makeitstop http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9177 makeitstop Sun, 11 May 2008 03:51:39 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9177 <p>Well, there were pallets of $100 bills, but they didn’t end up going to the Iraqi’s who needed it. How many billion in cash deliveries are unaccounted for in Iraq? 9 billion or something close to that? Heck of a job!</p> Well, there were pallets of $100 bills, but they didn’t end up going to the Iraqi’s who needed it. How many billion in cash deliveries are unaccounted for in Iraq? 9 billion or something close to that? Heck of a job!

]]> By: MichaelHarrington http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9176 MichaelHarrington Sun, 11 May 2008 03:42:43 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9176 <p>Instead, they tried to mix pseudo-Wilsonian military adventurism with their usual Chicago School masturbatory economic fantasies.</p> Instead, they tried to mix pseudo-Wilsonian military adventurism with their usual Chicago School masturbatory economic fantasies.

]]> By: DennisSGMM http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9174 DennisSGMM Sat, 10 May 2008 23:03:54 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9174 <p>Traditionally, the mosques provided charity to their neighborhoods. I’d guess that this led to Islamic governments neglecting to support their governed at the neighborhood level and to the acceptance of having non-government groups take care of the people. This works out well for groups like Hizbullah or the Mehdi Army because the people who receive largess from their charitable arms are loathe to denounce their presence to the government. T.E. Lawrence once observed that all it takes an insurgency to succeed is that the majority of the people remain complacent or even enthusiastic about having insurgents among them. </p> <p>Had Bushco not been so enamored of ordnance and more thoughtful, they would have flooded the Iraqis with security, food, medicine, electricity and jobs. We could have inundated them with compact cars and $5000 debit cards to a better outcome. Hell, we could have put the billions spent post invasion in the form of twenty dollar bills on pallets in every town square and the outcome would have been better.</p> Traditionally, the mosques provided charity to their neighborhoods. I’d guess that this led to Islamic governments neglecting to support their governed at the neighborhood level and to the acceptance of having non-government groups take care of the people. This works out well for groups like Hizbullah or the Mehdi Army because the people who receive largess from their charitable arms are loathe to denounce their presence to the government. T.E. Lawrence once observed that all it takes an insurgency to succeed is that the majority of the people remain complacent or even enthusiastic about having insurgents among them.

Had Bushco not been so enamored of ordnance and more thoughtful, they would have flooded the Iraqis with security, food, medicine, electricity and jobs. We could have inundated them with compact cars and $5000 debit cards to a better outcome. Hell, we could have put the billions spent post invasion in the form of twenty dollar bills on pallets in every town square and the outcome would have been better.

]]> By: fauxmaxbaer http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9173 fauxmaxbaer Sat, 10 May 2008 22:22:11 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9173 <p>The Islamofascists seem to have that whole “hearts and minds” thing down better than the Bush Misadministration.</p> The Islamofascists seem to have that whole “hearts and minds” thing down better than the Bush Misadministration.

]]> By: MetalMonkey http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9170 MetalMonkey Sat, 10 May 2008 21:30:27 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9170 <p><strong><br /> </strong>One can only imagine what hip worldly American freedom lovers are closing their fists around… </p> <p></p> <p>No no no!</p> <p>You cannot, cannot make me go there and imagine what the homunculi is holding.</p>
One can only imagine what hip worldly American freedom lovers are closing their fists around…

No no no!

You cannot, cannot make me go there and imagine what the homunculi is holding.

]]> By: DennisSGMM http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9165 DennisSGMM Sat, 10 May 2008 12:28:43 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/09/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/#comment-9165 <p>Hizbullah was the only organization effectively providing food, medicine and money to the Lebanese people during Israel’s rage fest, just as the Sadrists are providing food, medicine and money to many Iraqis. The Seniora government’s move to provoke Hizbullah seems suspiciously similar to al-Maliki’s attack on the Sadrists at Basra. It’s possible that Bushco pushed both governments to remove the “terrorists” in their midst in order to provide the Republicans with a talking point in November. As usual, Bushco failed to understand the situation on the ground and underestimated the difficulties of carrying out their grand designs.</p> Hizbullah was the only organization effectively providing food, medicine and money to the Lebanese people during Israel’s rage fest, just as the Sadrists are providing food, medicine and money to many Iraqis. The Seniora government’s move to provoke Hizbullah seems suspiciously similar to al-Maliki’s attack on the Sadrists at Basra. It’s possible that Bushco pushed both governments to remove the “terrorists” in their midst in order to provide the Republicans with a talking point in November. As usual, Bushco failed to understand the situation on the ground and underestimated the difficulties of carrying out their grand designs.

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