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Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:00 AM

American war culture in a nutshell

Sitting around, war supporter Fred Kagan demands that troops be denied any relief until they win.

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  • Saturday, September 15, 2007 07:48 AM

    thoughtless ghouls and bullies

    Wabanatta:

    Who raised these people to be such thoughtless ghouls anyway?

    This reminded me of a story a friend of mine told me just last night. He also lives in the DC area, and he was in a 7-11 one recent night when some drunk women in their mid-to-late 20s came in. They started relentlessly making fun of the (black) cashier - I don't know what they said, but my friend said it was vicious.

    Then, one of them bragged that she was a "political appointee" in the Justice Department. My friend asked her if she was Republican and she said yes. (He then quipped, "You're admitting that?")

    This is, of course, just an anecdote and not really "proof" of anything. But it is yet another example of the way so many of these bullies and braggarts behave.

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