tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post8557387391414604252..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Dead on ArrivalMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-2672216869018303722006-12-24T15:57:00.000-06:002006-12-24T15:57:00.000-06:00I have now seen Kagan's much-vaunted 'Choosing Vic...I have now seen Kagan's much-vaunted 'Choosing Victory: a Plan for Success in Iraq'. It is a Perky and Puffy PowerPoint Peptalk Presentation, something you'd encounter at a Reagan era Get To Know Yourself seminar at the Holiday Inn out by the freeway.<br />Enjoy!<br /><br />http://www.aei.org/publications/<br />filter.all,pubID.25292/pub_detail.aspPorter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-31506539782921778862006-12-22T14:22:00.000-06:002006-12-22T14:22:00.000-06:00The last bit of the URL:
scholarID.99/scholar.asp...The last bit of the URL:<br /><br />scholarID.99/scholar.aspPorter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-71206875756095210062006-12-22T14:21:00.000-06:002006-12-22T14:21:00.000-06:00Would YOU take orders from this man?
http://www.ae...Would YOU take orders from this man?<br />http://www.aei.org/scholars/filter.,scholarID.99/scholar.aspPorter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-18666669776387371432006-12-22T13:19:00.000-06:002006-12-22T13:19:00.000-06:00Indeed, the Kagans are all one big happy power-cra...Indeed, the Kagans are all one big happy power-crazed family. Helpful profiles of them are in Wikipedia. If anything, Fred is the baby, so his beloved 'plan' for SURGING in Iraq is his bid for the big time. Brother Robert is far more 'accomplished', so it's Fred's turn to make a (bloody) splash. They're obviously inspired by Bush Family Values.<br /><br />Even if his tinker-toy tactics aren't accepted by the WH, Fred can proudly trumpet his accomplishments in future power grabs. To me it's plain that he and his type are obviously envious of Condi's wild success, so they're positioning themselves for getting a big piece of the action, preferably in a Jebber administration.<br /><br />William Odom said that the absurdity of Fred's surge plan 'boggles the mind'.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-3411269526594164452006-12-22T10:36:00.000-06:002006-12-22T10:36:00.000-06:00Yesterday on TOTN Nelly spent half the show talkin...Yesterday on TOTN Nelly spent half the show talking about strategies in Iraq with the likes of Gergen, and nobody ever mentioned immediate withdrawal. Continued militarism is obviously the NPR party line. <br /> Also, Darryn, Robert, Fred: are any of these fucked-up Kagans related?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-90760876850848778622006-12-21T23:50:00.000-06:002006-12-21T23:50:00.000-06:00Indeed, Raz is a time-filler reporter, who is as h...Indeed, Raz is a time-filler reporter, who is as half-baked as his voice sounds. One of the new heavily-used personalities who has about as much depth as Steve Inskeep.<br /><br />I happened to hear fabulous Fred Kagan on 'On Point' (one of the truly great shows on NPR, in my opinion, out of WBUR, Boston), and he demonstrated that, not only was he a hyper-motorized android piece of slime, but that he was capable of tittering at such a person of substance as Retd. Gen'l William Odom ON THE AIR, simply because he thought he was hotter shit than anyone now alive on this planet, and this was because he and some other think tankers had 'worked very hard' on some rinki-dink 'plan' to surge into Baghdad and claim glory. Kagan and his ilk are representative of the neo-sissyhawks, younger twinkies who combine the shallow and ersatz 'intellectualism' of Wolfowitz-Perle-Frum with the turbo-nerd impatience of the Gen-X crowd, who haven't even masturbated beyond the realms of their keyboards yet. In other words, Kagan and his 'plan' are worthy of little more than contempt. I can understand Tom Ashbrook having him as a guest on 'On Point', so that Gen'l Odom can wipe the latrine floor with him, but having him as an 'expert', supposedly to be taken seriously, on 'Morning Edition' shows that NPR has learned precisely nothing in judging and vetting its guests. Kagan has all the credibility of an Ann Coulter. Both, to my mind, should be relegated to the deepest obscurity possible by any responsible organ of the media. But of course, that doesn't include NPR.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.com