Barnett: The 'end times' are never-ending nowadays
Now that Iraq's civil war is complimented by Israel's invasion of Lebanon, America's right-wing "end timers" are cranking out frightening, Armageddon-flavored visions by the barrel.
Left behind? Not if you've been to bookstores lately.
These superstitiously religious types are joined from the left by similarly hyperbolic descriptions of the world's impending environmental demise (great to see you again, Al Gore!).
The middle ground? That would be Newt Gingrich and friends declaring the start of World War III. [read on]
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A new analogy may be emerging. Frederick W. Kagan's new book, "The End of the Old Order: Napolean and Europe: 1801 -1805," discussed today on CSpan in a manner which seemed to compare Napolean's France with Iran today, to wit: both as revolutionary "rogue states" threatened by and threatening to the status quo international order.
Posted by Bill C. | August 13, 2006 6:17 PM
This is why I love you Dr. Barnett.
Please, beat me over the head with relentless optimism because, in the end, its really for my own good. You do it because you love me. Your comment about remembering this come November is exactly right. We’ll see if anyone has the courage to paint a different picture than the one being constructed by mass media. You have to imagine that this drives the people who are making the change absolutely crazy. The Petreaus’s who have to fight for every ounce of posotive spin, must be exhausted.
Posted by Burton M. | August 14, 2006 11:37 AM