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I hate to say it, I mean I really hate to say it, but the view of events in there does seem a little over the top. That is, a bit biased. (yes, I know, duh.)
While after the American revolution, for example, there were no dead tortuned bodies in Philadelphia every day, in a larger scale it took a number of years before the nation became stable, and not until the Consitution was created, really.
A few states actually came clos to war once or twice if i remember right.
The details are different, but on the larger scale, there is a similar vibe of getting jiggy with the chaos. (to quote a cartoon.)
Not that, you know, Iraq isn't worse, as it is. It just seems the author's view isn't quite accurate to me, at least in that case.
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The American Conservative, meanwhile, seems to be operating on a plane of relativistic distortion where they don't see what's happening until four years later. Posts: 675 | Registered: Aug 2001
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quote: One in which a hostile Islamic Caliphate has bothered to go through the formality of coming into existence.
Well, there is a Virtual Caliphate in Iraq already. Maybe if all right-wing pundits clap their hands it will turn real.
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