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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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12.7.07

US can still win in Iraq

"I believe we can succeed in Iraq, and I know we must," Bush said at a press conference called to defend his unpopular strategy.
AFP/Yahoo 12.Jul.07
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"...we can succeed in Iraq..."
Not one person in this country knows what that means.
One of the more superficial interpretations would have the establishment of democracy in Iraq as a primary achievement. Democracy being a government, in that ringing set of phrases, "of the people, by the people, for the people".
The people of the US want the Iraq war stopped. Their leaders have refused to stop it. Democracy.
The demons have arranged things so that:
a. It's not a war; so "stopping the war" has no content, doesn't say anything.
b. Stopping whatever it is won't be good for you, but we can't tell you exactly why except that bad things will happen;
c. Democracy now is more like a sports team franchise, where the actual name doesn't signify anything anyway.
The Philadelphia football team aren't eagles, don't have anything to do with birds called eagles. The Utah basketball team has even less to do with jazz.
Democracy is just the name of our team, out there on the field, playing hard and professionally. It's closer to entertainment than anything like moral or ethical conflict.

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