Prior to the invasion of Iraq, Common Cause ran the following advertisement in the NYTimes. If only…
(this came up in an article on the US Poet Laureate, who was one of the signers of the advertisement)
At this point, we’ve been involved in the Iraqi War longer than our active participation in WWII. Interesting to think that we’ve been living with this for that long now.
yeah, well, hindsight’s 20-20.
tragically the signers were likely ignored or branded as unpatriotic. in the weeks before the war started, millions around the world protested the upcoming war, but Congress (and the press) let us down by not doing their job. but it’s hard to break with the paradigm that the President of the US would not lie and mislead - especially hard to break when he’s in the same party.
yeah, well, hindsight’s 20-20.
Hindsight? Not by the people who wrote that, as it was written prior to the war. I’m not getting your point.
yeah, well, hindsight’s 20-20.
Hindsight? Not by the people who wrote that, as it was written prior to the war. I’m not getting your point.
yeah, that’s my point. i’ll rephrase:
yeah, well, hindsight’s 20-20
I think it was meant as sarcasm.
I think it was meant as sarcasm.
No offense meant to Bob, but on the 'net it is difficult to distinguish sarcasm and stupidity.
No offense meant to Bob, but on the 'net it is difficult to distinguish sarcasm and stupidity.
fair enough.