Oh The Thoughts I’d Be Thinkin’
Thought-provoking interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national-security adviser, up on American Prospect Online. Excerpt:
You’ve talked about the recent damage to our global standing. After Abu Ghraib, can it be restored?
“It will take a long, long time. Basic perceptions are a little bit like human relationships. Once you lose your affection for someone, or you conclude that someone was a liar, or you have seen someone act like a brute or a sadist, it takes a very long time for that person – whoever it is – to change his or her image, even if they seriously try to do so. It’s going to take a very long time for America to regain the special standing it’s had in the world.”
Also, Tapped links to one of the more…interesting attempts to assure us that going to war against a country that posed no threat was and is OK. And then points out a certain flaw in their logic. History buffs, you won’t want to miss this.
