Cuirass Asses
(March 06/06)
Here is a fine example of the purblind leading the stone-blind. The commander and saucier of the Canadian military said the following—and here I paraphrase—we are in Afghanistan to establish peace in the region and then to enforce it. How, one might ask, does one enforce peace? When two adversaries are at peace there would be no need to enforce it—peace means peace, not almost-peace or just-about-peace. If one needs to enforce peace, there is no peace at all, but ongoing adversarial not-peace, or peace-lessness. It would appear that war is being mistaken for peace. This, I fear, is but one example of military strategy, Canadian-style no less. Perhaps the blue-helmet has been replaced with the olive drab Bush tincap or worse, a storm trooper’s cuirass. It’s a shame that Dialectical Materialism is an impossible political ideal. Cursed MacCarthy knockabouts. Perhaps the bitterness of my morning coffee will bring peace to the litigant in my stomach, if not, a salvo of Rolaids or Tums to enforce peace in my ad nausea.
Here is a fine example of the purblind leading the stone-blind. The commander and saucier of the Canadian military said the following—and here I paraphrase—we are in Afghanistan to establish peace in the region and then to enforce it. How, one might ask, does one enforce peace? When two adversaries are at peace there would be no need to enforce it—peace means peace, not almost-peace or just-about-peace. If one needs to enforce peace, there is no peace at all, but ongoing adversarial not-peace, or peace-lessness. It would appear that war is being mistaken for peace. This, I fear, is but one example of military strategy, Canadian-style no less. Perhaps the blue-helmet has been replaced with the olive drab Bush tincap or worse, a storm trooper’s cuirass. It’s a shame that Dialectical Materialism is an impossible political ideal. Cursed MacCarthy knockabouts. Perhaps the bitterness of my morning coffee will bring peace to the litigant in my stomach, if not, a salvo of Rolaids or Tums to enforce peace in my ad nausea.
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