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Total number of comments: 1 (since 2014-06-12 22:22:30)

Christopher Manion

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  • The Fall of Mosul and the False Promises of Modern History
    • Christopher Manion 06/12/2014 at 2:54 pm

      Juan, greetings from one of the many conservatives who agreed with you a decade ago. Bush's Manichaean drive to "rid the world of evil" and force Iraqis to be good Democrats was a gnostic disaster.

      The current outrage, however, is barely mentioned: The "Christian" Bush of the 2000 campaign destroyed Christianity in the Middle East -- something Islam hadn't been able to do in 1500 years, according to the Patriarch of Kirkuk.

      And yet Bush has not uttered one public word of regret, or sympathy, or even acknowledgement of the results of his hubris, which so outsized his paltry persona.

      He hasn't apologized and he never will. The neocons are always wrong, always brazen about it, and they never, ever apologize.

      Good to hear from you again!

      Chris

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