Heart of Darkness and the Fog of War
"Where had we seen this rogues gallery before, you wondered? Then you knew. On the History Channel.
Rove resembled a piggish Goering without the war medals; Cheney a brooding Martin Bormann; Rumsfeld an obliging Admiral Doenitz; Wolfowitz an owlish Himmler. Ledeen a sniggering Goebbels. Torturers all but restrained by the teetering Bill of Rights Reichstag building.
They only lack—God be merciful—a fiery demagogue, an engaging orator, a demonic yet mesmerizing presence. They only lack Hitler. For the moment the neocons are a dangerous cabal of Colonel Kurtzes. "
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Rove resembled a piggish Goering without the war medals; Cheney a brooding Martin Bormann; Rumsfeld an obliging Admiral Doenitz; Wolfowitz an owlish Himmler. Ledeen a sniggering Goebbels. Torturers all but restrained by the teetering Bill of Rights Reichstag building.
They only lack—God be merciful—a fiery demagogue, an engaging orator, a demonic yet mesmerizing presence. They only lack Hitler. For the moment the neocons are a dangerous cabal of Colonel Kurtzes. "
Read the rest at
http://www.strike-the-root.com/52/herman/herman21.html
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