tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post5458873088447817789..comments2023-10-30T11:04:56.461-04:00Comments on Musings: McCain's hopeless campaignUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post-80035120882570035992008-12-03T21:06:00.000-05:002008-12-03T21:06:00.000-05:00Yeah, M. Taibbi is pretty good. I first came acro...Yeah, M. Taibbi is pretty good. I first came across his writings last year when I had a subscription to Rolling Stone magazine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post-43801742578008764902008-12-03T09:59:00.000-05:002008-12-03T09:59:00.000-05:00Hi Arun,As I read this post, these words by Michae...Hi Arun,<BR/><BR/>As I read this post, these words by Michael Scheuer** come to mind...<BR/><BR/>"We [meaning Americans] are the good guys, but we don't do much of a job of defending ourselves or avoiding becoming involved in other peoples' wars. We have become lost. We have become unanchored. We drift around thinking that somehow we prove ourselves to be good Americans by what we do overseas rather than making sure our country remains solvent and secure and sensible. It's a sad situation when we have leaders trying to prove our country's worth by things we wanna do overseas rather than things we can do here at home."<BR/><BR/>I guess you could say that Scheuer holds very libertarian views towards the way our country should conduct itself in the world. So, in this respect, this makes me very libertarian as well.<BR/><BR/>**Michael Scheuer, by the way, is a former chief of, believe it or not, the CIA's bin Laden unitcynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031186235906175633noreply@blogger.com