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Posted by zeugma on October 18, 2006, at 5:21:42
The White House has employed an interesting group of press secretaries. first there was the tight-lipped Scott McClellan, who rarely used an unnecessary word, which is praiseworthy, but (to be fair and balanced) he rarely used a neccessary one, either.
Tony Snow, his replacement, is much more voluble. However, I find him almost eqeally puzzling. Commenting on the new torture bill signed by Mr. Bush (whether it condones or condemns torture is a matter for a hermeneutic specialist, a field I have no expertise in) Snow made this comment, apropos a question about military accountability in the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal, which perhaps (according to Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn.) was really all about sex, not torture (hmm? was it consensual sex then?):
"The only way accountability doesn't exist is if
you believe that the military is not committed to it."So is he saying that if I don't believe the American military is accountable for what it does, then it isn't?
-z
Posted by Declan on October 18, 2006, at 13:52:22
In reply to Tony Snow's radical subjectivism, posted by zeugma on October 18, 2006, at 5:21:42
It sounds to me as if he is saying that only traitors/those uncommitted to American values would doubt the committment to American values of the military. But we have no practice with this sort of thing in Australia. Your (non-elected) officials are much more impressive. For all I know (most of) your elected ones too. You should see ours. The Australian public (that part of it that cares) turned off years ago.
So nice to see you back.
Posted by zeugma on October 19, 2006, at 20:27:27
In reply to Re: Tony Snow's radical subjectivism » zeugma, posted by Declan on October 18, 2006, at 13:52:22
of yesteryear?
I think it was Grice who said this Villon- via- Rossetti was a sign in itself, and as such needed no parsing.
I wonder if America's current poet laureate (we do have one, you know, though it sticks in my republican craw)is currently engaged in transposing "The Charge of the Light Brigade" to operations ongoing in the vicinity of Fortress Mesopotamia. Not quite Villon, but apt enough.
-z
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