Mitchell Cohen notices some signs that rationality may be creeping back into our politics as even conservatives are now back to citing deterrence as an effective method of dealing with rogue actors, in contradiction to the crazy markers laid down by the Bush administration in 2002.
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Deterrence Is Back
11 Dec 2007 08:30 am
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That's Michael Cohen, not Mitchell. Mitchell Cohen edits Dissent. I don't know who Michael Cohen is.
Once again, throw Matt a bone.
Watch him roll over.
Cohen appears to be made of equally malleable stuff.
Neither one can comprehend that the idea of "deterrence by confrontation" isn't going to work and indeed is intended merely to ratchet up the confrontation.
All of the people cited by Cohen are recommending MORE sanctions, which means MORE confrontation. not less.
Neither Matt nor Cohen appear to be able to grasp that simple point.
Try this one, Matt. If Rudy's behind it, you should be against it. Does that get through to you?
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Heads in the Sand
It would help the creeping return of rationality if media types would stick to the facts. Crazy markers? You mean like what we've done virtually everywhere except Iraq, where the "crazy marker" was laid down in 1991 and bumped regularly thereafter?
Posted by Robert Powell | December 11, 2007 9:41 AM