Comments on: 1,000 Monkeys, Typewriters And 1 NYT Column http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356 A Diary of the Imperial City Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:02:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: oriental turtle dove http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-31862 oriental turtle dove Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:31:02 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-31862 [...] Lens: Sigma 100-300 F4. Bird Log: Phuket Airport -18/4/09. Birding Log: Muang Chao Fah -5/5/09 ...1,000 Monkeys, Typewriters And 1 NYT Column | Stop The Spirit ...We ask our loyal friends to bear with us. This is not an easy post to write. In fact, it's down [...] [...] Lens: Sigma 100-300 F4. Bird Log: Phuket Airport -18/4/09. Birding Log: Muang Chao Fah -5/5/09 …1,000 Monkeys, Typewriters And 1 NYT Column | Stop The Spirit …We ask our loyal friends to bear with us. This is not an easy post to write. In fact, it's down [...]

]]> By: Dr Leo Strauss http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-21584 Dr Leo Strauss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:34:45 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-21584 Robert Malley, former Clintonista assistant for Arab-Israeli Affairs, is suggesting 'Hey, go! The State Solution Has Got To Go!' http://www.cfr.org/publication/20688/ One does wonder if he got clearance from Max Boot before going public. Robert Malley, former Clintonista assistant for Arab-Israeli Affairs, is suggesting ‘Hey, go! The State Solution Has Got To Go!’ http://www.cfr.org/publication/20688/ One does wonder if he got clearance from Max Boot before going public.

]]> By: Comment http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-21543 Comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:23:25 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-21543 Impenetrable arrogance is sometimes funny http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6907681.ece Impenetrable arrogance is sometimes funny
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6907681.ece

]]> By: Dr Leo Strauss http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-21542 Dr Leo Strauss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:17:25 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-21542 re Yglesias, etc. Just further proof that one can have no idea at all about something, Google for 20 minutes and then blog with authority. Sometimes when we read stuff like that we almost feel 'what the hell' and the site here has no purpose - self parody is everywhere (triumphant). We would then be free to pursue a dream to use this site for Good, and create the ultimate Snuggies e-commerce experience. Eat your heart out Gustav Metzger. re Yglesias, etc.

Just further proof that one can have no idea at all about something, Google for 20 minutes and then blog with authority. Sometimes when we read stuff like that we almost feel ‘what the hell’ and the site here has no purpose – self parody is everywhere (triumphant). We would then be free to pursue a dream to use this site for Good, and create the ultimate Snuggies e-commerce experience. Eat your heart out Gustav Metzger.

]]> By: Comment http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-21534 Comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:09:56 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-21534 The war with Hezb should be a warning sign that Israel's military advantage will slip over the coming years as high quality weapons spread democratically thru the region. What good is a Merkava tank if it can be rocketed to pieces? Yeah, it sort of looks cool - It's a pretty cool looking tank, but it's vulnerable. Also - it came clear that Hezb had maintained secure \communication. That was what that mini civil conflict was about last year. The war with Hezb should be a warning sign that Israel’s military advantage will slip over the coming years as high quality weapons spread democratically thru the region. What good is a Merkava tank if it can be rocketed to pieces? Yeah, it sort of looks cool – It’s a pretty cool looking tank, but it’s vulnerable. Also – it came clear that Hezb had maintained secure \communication. That was what that mini civil conflict was about last year.

]]> By: Alex http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-21527 Alex Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:38:24 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-21527 If you follow the tone of Israeli comment about 2006, there's a worrying trend; after the war they were quite frank about their failures and Hezbollah's adoption of a viable tactical/operational package to resist them while keeping their main force in being to pursue their strategic goals of power in Lebanon. Since late '08, though, there's a sort of denialist swing - we flippin' murdered them, as the then England cricket coach said after failing to beat Zimbabwe. Airpower machismo. If you follow the tone of Israeli comment about 2006, there’s a worrying trend; after the war they were quite frank about their failures and Hezbollah’s adoption of a viable tactical/operational package to resist them while keeping their main force in being to pursue their strategic goals of power in Lebanon. Since late ’08, though, there’s a sort of denialist swing – we flippin’ murdered them, as the then England cricket coach said after failing to beat Zimbabwe. Airpower machismo.

]]> By: Comment http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-21517 Comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:01:22 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-21517 Leo, MY makes a Turtledove allusion: http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/11/war-plan-red.php Leo, MY makes a Turtledove allusion:
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/11/war-plan-red.php

]]> By: Comment http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-21515 Comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:53:43 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-21515 No, we think Friedman is tactically pivoting his 'brand' - He does this from time to time because it gives him props with Arab big shots. One thing we do think Israel needs is a strategy of face saving when it decides to do what it really will need to do, in the not so distant future. Luckily, for Israel - with so many savage and backward enemies nearby they can always feel proud to live in a (mostly) free and rich country with great schools and hospitals and scientists and a powerful protector. We do sympathize with their feelings when aubsurd dictatorial nations castigate them and get worldwide credibility. But at the same time, this conflict they have with the Arabs is causing so much trouble for the world and causing the Israelis themselves to do things they probably do not really want to do , in their hearts. So time to make peace or just spread some love in that part of the world. No, we think Friedman is tactically pivoting his ‘brand’ – He does this from time to time because it gives him props with Arab big shots. One thing we do think Israel needs is a strategy of face saving when it decides to do what it really will need to do, in the not so distant future. Luckily, for Israel – with so many savage and backward enemies nearby they can always feel proud to live in a (mostly) free and rich country with great schools and hospitals and scientists and a powerful protector. We do sympathize with their feelings when aubsurd dictatorial nations castigate them and get worldwide credibility. But at the same time, this conflict they have with the Arabs is causing so much trouble for the world and causing the Israelis themselves to do things they probably do not really want to do , in their hearts. So time to make peace or just spread some love in that part of the world.

]]> By: Hunter http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-21510 Hunter Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:44:08 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-21510 Yeah, that's sort of what I thought. We 'should' (credibly) threaten to end military aid, but for myriad reasons including those above, we won't. Of course, part of the reason we won't is because the old CW holds so clearly that Israel's interests and our own in the ME are inextricably bound to the point of indistinguishability (plus the Jews > Muslims idea held by the racists, but that's neither here nor there wrt Friedman). As Friedman expends so much energy making sure he's in the exact center of the neoliberal CW, I was just curious if he even recognizes what he's apparently committing himself to in that article. Probably not. Yeah, that’s sort of what I thought. We ‘should’ (credibly) threaten to end military aid, but for myriad reasons including those above, we won’t. Of course, part of the reason we won’t is because the old CW holds so clearly that Israel’s interests and our own in the ME are inextricably bound to the point of indistinguishability (plus the Jews > Muslims idea held by the racists, but that’s neither here nor there wrt Friedman). As Friedman expends so much energy making sure he’s in the exact center of the neoliberal CW, I was just curious if he even recognizes what he’s apparently committing himself to in that article. Probably not.

]]> By: Comment http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356&cpage=1#comment-21507 Comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:15:30 +0000 http://www.stiftungleostrauss.com/bunker/?p=2356#comment-21507 Amazing http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/09/goldman-reject/ Amazing

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/09/goldman-reject/

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