Andrew Sullivan points to a "peace" protester with a sign
that could be right out of the pages of 1984. For all the talk about freedom coming from the radical Left, their constant repetition of slogans like "the US is a terrorist state" or "no more blood for oil" are Orwellian to the extreme. Then again, I highly doubt that most of them are capable of understanding the irony of that.
Ignorance Is Strength…
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Even more Orwellian is our entire “war on terror”- a perpetual “war without end” against an undefined, amorphous enemy. At least the we had a clearly defined enemy during the Cold War…
Now, I don’t agree with the slogan “the US is a terrorist state”… but there’s quite a bit of truth to the “blood for oil” notion. Bill Maher pointed out, with his characteristic wit, that “If You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden”- the best way to cut off the terrorist’s financial backing is to quit using their oil.