Bring Out The Old Losers

By Kim
April, 4 2002

Aaaaargh here we go again. Every time President Bush creates some diplomatic initiative, the TV yap shows persist in trotting out all the old failures to "discuss" (aka criticize) the initiative. I mean, fair and balanced is all very well, but to have fools like ex-Carter and ex-Clinton diplos like Richardson and Vance pissing and moaning… sheeeesh it’s like getting Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax to discuss Churchill’s government during WWII.

Lest we forget, the argument against either group is the same: YOU GUYS CAUSED MOST OF THIS CRAP, by pursuing policies of hopeless, misguided accommodation and forbearance--which the foul Arafat and his ilk took for weakness, which it was.

The most clear-headed analyst on TV is actually the much-reviled Newt Gingrich. I think Newtie is a total dweeb, but as a diagnostician he’s without peer. It’s when he has to prescribe action or policy that Newt falls over.