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The Spectacle Blog
Liberals continue to be fascinated by the gender of implications of women inside the Obama administration wanting war with Libya and men opposing it. Maureen Dowd devotes her entire column to the subject today.
It is not yet clear if the Valkyries will get the credit or the blame on Libya. But everyone is fascinated with the gender flip: the reluctant men - the generals, the secretary of defense, top male White House national security advisers - outmuscled by the fierce women around President Obama urging him to man up against the crazy Qaddafi.
How odd to see the diplomats as hawks and the military as doves.
First of all, this really isn’t anything new. Dowd herself recounts Madeline Albright arguing with Colin Powell over humanitarian interventions in the Balkans. What’s the point of having this superb military if we can’t use it? To me, the more interesting angle in this case is the reluctance to go to war on the part of those with some familiarity with the military, and the enthusiasm for it on the part of those who have never faced war’s consequences.
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Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 3.23.11 @ 11:17AM
All this proves is that liberals must frame everything within the confines of their liberalism. It also proves that when violence serves their purposes it's A-OK.
The entire concept of liberal woman as fighters also presages the concept of Hillary challenging Obama in the next election cycle.
Hillary is a worn out hag and Obama is a worn out ideologue.
Dixie Pixie| 3.23.11 @ 11:20AM
Maureen Dowd is apparently oblivious to the irony of applying the world "Valkyries" to any part of the Obama Administration.
If memory serves, Valkyries were warrior maidens who escorted particularly heroic warriors to Valhalla upon their death in battle.
Does anyone seriously believe anyone in the Obama Administration is capable of an heroic act in the military sense.
Is there anyone on Obama staff that even daydreams of dieing in a heroic act of military bravery in a battle against impossible odds.
Does Obama believe in Valhalla or even warrior maidens.
It takes a really bizarre mental illness to consider Hillary Clinton a warrior or even more bizarrely Hillary as a beautiful maiden.
The NYT does seem to like hiring real headcases as staff writers, aka Paul Krugman.
SavoirFaire| 3.23.11 @ 1:50PM
I was thinking "harpies" was closer to the truth...
talkradio55| 3.23.11 @ 2:27PM
Well, this once and for all kills this idiot notion that we should elect a woman president because women won't declare war.