July 23, 2004
Failure of Imagination: Height of Hypocrisy
The 9/11 Commission issued its opinion on the government's state of readiness prior to 9/11:
"This was... above all, a failure of imagination," said commission chairman Tom Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey.
This is, I would add, a sentiment I share.
The pinnacle of hypocrisy is that many people consider 9/11 a "failure of imagination" - but believe that the threat posed by Iraq, an avowed enemy of the United States with a history of overtly funding terrorists and building chemical and biological weapons was an unforgivable "stretch of the imagination."
If 9/11 was a "failure of imagination", then the Iraq war was justified. End of debate.
Posted by Rip Rowan in Current Affairs & Politics at July 23, 2004 07:17 AM
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That's the end of the debate? Silly me. I thought the end of the debate was when people came to consensus.
Posted by: Russell Lutz at July 23, 2004 10:37 AM
Alternatively, the debate can end when it is demonstrated that one side or the other is not debating in good faith.
Posted by: Rip Rowan at July 23, 2004 10:52 AM