bolsinga on bush
Greg referenced Bush's speech yesterday (I was at the Rachid Taha concert rockin' the casbah) on his notblog.
the quote:
"To complete the mission, we will prevent Al Qaida and other foreign terrorists from turning Iraq into what Afghanistan was under the Taliban: a safe haven from which they could launch attacks on America and our friends."
I find the syntax of this very weird. I suppose it's because I read this as "[In order] to complete the mission..." which makes the logic seem more twisted, but somehow more true.
I thought maybe a better quote would have been:
"It is our intent to stop Iraq from being what Afghanistan was under the Soviet occupying forces so that we can ensure it doesn't become what Afghanistan was under the Taliban. If we fail at this it will be really, really bad for the whole region, and the whole world, and totally our fault."
the quote:
"To complete the mission, we will prevent Al Qaida and other foreign terrorists from turning Iraq into what Afghanistan was under the Taliban: a safe haven from which they could launch attacks on America and our friends."
I find the syntax of this very weird. I suppose it's because I read this as "[In order] to complete the mission..." which makes the logic seem more twisted, but somehow more true.
I thought maybe a better quote would have been:
"It is our intent to stop Iraq from being what Afghanistan was under the Soviet occupying forces so that we can ensure it doesn't become what Afghanistan was under the Taliban. If we fail at this it will be really, really bad for the whole region, and the whole world, and totally our fault."
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