The wrongness of Bill Kristol
Feb. 18th, 2008 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petardierBill Kristol, wrong in nearly every prediction he's made about the Iraq war, has recently been taken on as a columnist by the New York Times. There's only one problem. The Times has not explained to their readers that he's being put on display as a dire warning. Impressionable persons and the easily confused are at some risk of taking what he says seriously.
The Cliff Notes cartoon summary of his wrongness is here, but for those who want more, try this:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174894
In it, there's a link to an appalling interview from 2003 in which he demonstrates (despite working in the Reagan and Bush I administrations) ignorance of Iraq's recent history, lies and obfuscates about other issues, and follows up by claiming we would never, never betray the Kurds. Kristol is truly a phoenix of wrongness. He arises from each pyre of inaccuracy with smarm renewed and eyes closed, flicking his bic, and heading straight at the next unconquerable brush pile of truth.
It's heartening to know that one can be so monumentally wrong and still get prestigious jobs. If I should suffer some sort of mental incapacity and no longer be able to program, I can look forward to a lucrative career in conservative punditry. I'll just have to practice being massively wrong in the meanwhile.
The Cliff Notes cartoon summary of his wrongness is here, but for those who want more, try this:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174894
In it, there's a link to an appalling interview from 2003 in which he demonstrates (despite working in the Reagan and Bush I administrations) ignorance of Iraq's recent history, lies and obfuscates about other issues, and follows up by claiming we would never, never betray the Kurds. Kristol is truly a phoenix of wrongness. He arises from each pyre of inaccuracy with smarm renewed and eyes closed, flicking his bic, and heading straight at the next unconquerable brush pile of truth.
It's heartening to know that one can be so monumentally wrong and still get prestigious jobs. If I should suffer some sort of mental incapacity and no longer be able to program, I can look forward to a lucrative career in conservative punditry. I'll just have to practice being massively wrong in the meanwhile.
