Newt's Aboard

We do not defend freedom abroad
by deserting it at home
--Edward R. Murrow
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Newt Gingrich--former House Speaker and one-time fair-haired boy of the neo-cons (now, simply the cons)--is on board with Ranger, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ("Gingrich says War on Terror "Phony") :

"Newt Gingrich said Thursday the Bush administration is waging a "phony war" on terrorism, warning that the country is losing ground against the kind of Islamic radicals who attacked the country on Sept. 11, 2001.

"A more effective approach, said Gingrich, would begin with a national energy strategy aimed at weaning the country from its reliance on imported oil and some of the regimes that petro-dollars support.

"None of you should believe we are winning this war. There is no evidence that we are winning this war. . ."

Ranger has been calling it the PWOT © (Phony War on Terror) for years. Of course, you simply can't fight a war on terror, as you cannot nail Jello to the wall. In fact, it is a more absurd project than Jello-nailing, as at least Jello is a thing; terrorism is a methodology. But GWB never was one for the finer points of rhetoric.

Newt calls for less reliance on petroleum, and that is good. But someone will sell us oil. Money is money, after all. If it costs us more, then we'll be more inclined to rein in our reckless consumption.

"We've been engaged in a phony war," said Gingrich. "The only people who have been taking this seriously are the combat military."

Well brother Newt, we're glad to have you on board. Telling the truth is fun. Look at the sour mien of the Dick Cheney-Ann Coulter rat pack, and one can see their dirty business is not good for the soul. Newt, for all his unsavory points, always did have a softer face.

Politics makes for strange bedfellows.


--Lisa