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Showing posts with label munich1938. Show all posts
Showing posts with label munich1938. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

its always Munich its alway 1938 ctd.

Yglesias says, not so much.


"Rather, even in the absence of a “tough” American response, Putin has stuck to relatively moderate goals because it’s not actually true that the “lessons of Munich” are applicable to every single event in the world. Occupying Georgia would be more trouble than it’s worth, so it’s not going to happen, and Russia won’t attack Ukraine either. The past week’s events have been terrible for Georgians, but not world-historical in their significance."

Neocons wrong again.

Monday, August 11, 2008

its always Munich, its always 1938.

Of course the usual suspects are at their keyboards ginning up another war. John Cole covers the salient points.
Shorter Ygelsias: Bill Kristol is a warmongering nutjob with no ideas.