July 21, 2003

Self-Contradiction

One of the most-read Leftist bloggers is Hesiod, of Counterspin, who writes in this post:

We are so overextended, militarily, that we can't even afford send more than a few dozen marines to guard the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia.[UPDATE: We have just positioned 4,500 troops near Liberia for possible depolyment]."

Now, I'll be the first to admit that we're overstretched militarily, but it just amuses me to no end to see the difference between the correction and the statement. I'm not ragging on Hesiod here (I might do that later, since I find his arguments on pretty much every subject to be repellant); I was just amused.

Posted by Jeff at July 21, 2003 02:01 PM | Link Cosmos
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No doubt as a result of this insight, Hesiod came out in favor of a significant increase in defense spending and boosting the size of our military.

Oh, he didn't? Hmmmmn. . .

Posted by: Porphy on July 22, 2003 01:36 PM

I'm not convinced that the sight of terrorists blowing up his car, with his family inside, would change Hesiod's opinions.

Posted by: Jeff on July 22, 2003 03:51 PM
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