The rebels — a ragtag band that overcame incredible odds [yeah, who'd've ever thought you could win with with NATO bombing your enemy? - ziel], battlefield defeats and bitter internal divisions — have showed extraordinary commitment and resilience...They have promised to build a democratic Libya. They must keep that promise.Yes, they must, the just must.
Yeah, don't you love it when the NYT gives flat out orders to supposedly "independent" countries?
ReplyDeleteI guess what's missing is the "or else" part - as in "or else we will have to scrounge up some screwy rationale in a future editorial how it's all the republicans fault you're not democratic".
ReplyDeleteShylock the Arab.
ReplyDelete"Under what compulsion must I?"
Very good - a fallacy run rampant. Is it the Shylock fantasy or the Portia fantasy?
ReplyDeleteThis cannot have effect in actual fact, that is what I think.
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