Wednesday, March 02, 2011

The Barbary Boast

Oh, yes. Let's fucking bomb Libya because of the invasion of Grenada.

15 comments:

Mr.Fundamental said...

yeah NPR said this morning that two US Battleships were floating up or down the Suez Canal, whichever direction towards Libya is. sigh

Leonard said...

That's great! The presumption is now for imperial action, not inaction, in all foreign crises. Therefore, we must have good reasons not to intervene. You got any good reasons not to? Thought not! Boo-yah, saddle up, let's go kick some more ayrab butt!

Justin said...

Oh yes, but Ioz, can't you at least admit that in a perfect world, we should use our military to stop clear cut violations of human rights, assuming that we are there for selfless reasons and put an end to the atrocities?

Leonard said...

Don't forgot the pony.

Anonymous said...

Not a parody. Or beyond parody. Or something....
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Montag said...

there's militaries in "a perfect world"?

Mr.Fundamental said...

WHERE'S MY MOTHERFUCKING PONY

Leonard said...

Well, how about in a somewhat perfect world?

Enron said...

"We spend $500 billion on defense, and we can't take down Libyan air defenses?"
Bunch of amateurs

D-one said...

"Others in the Arab world are watching Gaddafi practice the most grotesque atrocities," he (Lieberman) said.

Thank gawd that we have leaders that can distinguish between grotesque and most grotesque atrocities and what an appropriate response should be. Geez where would we be w/o them.

Jack Crow said...

Let's just call it the Lieberman Option, and then point out every time he fails to argue for it in the case of "grotesque atrocities" committed against Palestinians by Israeli colonial garrison state soldiers.

Alexander said...

there's militaries in "a perfect world"?

I'm more puzzled by the presence of human rights violations.

fish said...

"We spend $500 billion on defense, and we can't take down Libyan air defenses?"

I am willing to not take down the Libyan air defenses for less than half that amount.

fish said...

Not a parody. Or beyond parody. Or something....
Now available at Amazon: Teach your toddlers how to frisk and be frisked with the Playmobil Security Check Point.


Yeah, but this is pretty hilarious.

NutellaonToast said...

Do you think that in perfect worlds they argue about what to do in imperfect worlds?