To borrow once more the immortal words of As’ad AbuKhalil, “for those who care and do not care,” my recent interview with Scott Horton at Antiwar Radio is now up.
As you can see from these comments (by “eppie”) attached to the Antiwar post of the interview, my intellectual acumen really wowed the folks out there. To wit:
It wasn’t necessarily ‘luck’ that brought us a ‘second Pearl Harbor’, but I wouldn’t expect a pseudointellectual like Floyd to recognize that.
And it’s perfectly obvious at this point that Obama has pivoted decisively towards war with Iran, and it’s clear that the reported hiring of Kagan is perfectly in sync with that, with the process we’ve already seen where the Obama Regime pushes blame for what’s wrong in Afghanistan and Iraq towards Iran, simultaneously making excuses for its failures, while building its bogus case for the next war based on lies … but yeah, I recognize that it’s too much to expect a great ‘intellectual’ like Floyd to be able to think ahead that far, or to use enough critical judgement to figure any of that out. Nope, it’s important for ‘illustrious intellectuals’ to stay well behind the curve, commenting vociferously ON WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
And so it’s not surprising to hear Floyd’s facile reassurance that the US High Command could never get away with the nakedly massive and brutal tactics they used in Vietnam. Of course, it’s perfectly obvious that once the war with Iran starts, all restraints will be cast aside throughout what we so euphemistically call the ‘theater’. We’ll see tactics of massive violence throughout the Bloody Arc from Somalia to Iran.
You say it’s not dark yet, Floyd? My God, how dark do you want it to be before you say ‘it’s hellishly dark’? Ah yes, I get it. The ‘intellectual’ must always wait until it is far too late for portentious ‘intellectual’ pronouncements to do any good.
Yep, this irony-free individual has nailed me dead to rights. I’m ashamed that I’ve never once mentioned the bipartisan American elite’s yearning — and planning — for a war with Iran (not even here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and dozens of other places where I utterly failed to deal with issue), nor have I ever spoken a single word about the massive, even hellish violence that could result from such an act of aggression. Too much silly-billy shilly-shallying with my Wittgenstein monographs, I reckon.
In any case, if you care (or do not care) to hear a rather ragged and weary pseudo-intellectual rambling on for half an hour — sometimes about THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED — here’s your chance.
