tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5578803305617575513..comments2024-03-29T06:26:52.163-05:00Comments on Althouse: "I'm struck by how Clinton went straight for the hawkish view of ISIS (they're just a bunch of nihilistic, backward people who crave power)..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91094587913332533732015-11-16T10:50:40.049-06:002015-11-16T10:50:40.049-06:00Having always understood Bill & Hill to be &qu...Having always understood Bill & Hill to be "nihilistic, backwards people who craved power," i.e., progressive liberals, I guess she is indeed able to understand ISIS.<br /><br />That she understands them says nothing about her ability to defeat them, which was so obviously lacking during her tenure as Secretary of State that she should stop her candidacy in shame now.<br /><br />But being a lying, corrupt, power-hungry progressive means you never admit to errors, even when they are so damn obvious. So she has that going for her, which is nice.mikeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875483485290838207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46144422978647267682015-11-16T06:44:51.931-06:002015-11-16T06:44:51.931-06:00After the debate, I cannot imagine taking any of t...After the debate, I cannot imagine taking any of the Dems seriously on this issue. And it is a big problem for them because this is a large issue and their President seeks to import more of that nonsense here.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9519274616229768222015-11-16T05:51:32.434-06:002015-11-16T05:51:32.434-06:00As an avowed nihilist, I took great offense
I use...<i>As an avowed nihilist, I took great offense</i><br /><br />I used to be a nihilist, but now I don't even believe in that anymore.Derphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142852429782439504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83949443763376789112015-11-15T21:36:41.938-06:002015-11-15T21:36:41.938-06:00ISIS's "worldview" is one of a world...ISIS's "worldview" is one of a worldwide caliphate. I'd hardly describe that as nihilism. They take their authority from the Koran. Regardless of whether Hillary wants to say the word, they're Islamists.SukieTawdryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219517365750894110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35161128247636002612015-11-15T20:59:18.966-06:002015-11-15T20:59:18.966-06:00Claire Berlinski? Her cats finally let her out of ...Claire Berlinski? Her cats finally let her out of her bedroom?<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10924753/Woman-live-tweets-being-trapped-in-her-bedroom-by-her-cats.html Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16517956537865658903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88834875257825025492015-11-15T20:51:01.081-06:002015-11-15T20:51:01.081-06:00As an avowed nihilist, I took great offense.As an avowed nihilist, I took great offense.SociallyExtincthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04273096397007255276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55947481568848028322015-11-15T20:09:48.973-06:002015-11-15T20:09:48.973-06:00As opposed to Afghanistan, which did NOT fund or a...<i>As opposed to Afghanistan, which did NOT fund or assist them</i> - Robert Cook<br /><br />I guess that offering bin Laden sanctuary and state protection for Al Qaeda training camps while he planned 9-11 doesn't count as "assistance." I guess that is why Robert Cook is so smart and I am so stupid, I would have guessed it was assistance. But I would have been wrong, I see now.<br /><br />Derphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142852429782439504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88737222520123003182015-11-15T19:27:51.092-06:002015-11-15T19:27:51.092-06:00Coupe: ""From Claire Berlinski, in Paris...Coupe: ""From Claire Berlinski, in Paris: ...Kill them all, and do not dither. Do it soon, and do it right."<br /><br />I just got an erection..."<br /><br />Lets hope that, in your case, your "condition" will not pose a significant degrading factor in your agility in battle.<br />Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58128939087226412042015-11-15T19:17:36.487-06:002015-11-15T19:17:36.487-06:00ah the fair claire, behave yourself lazlo:
http:/...ah the fair claire, behave yourself lazlo:<br /><br />http://www.berlinski.com/novel/author.htm<br /><br />she's written about spies, her first novel, and the moslem situation in Europe,narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082023858427818263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55088752581376810632015-11-15T19:16:05.143-06:002015-11-15T19:16:05.143-06:00If your goal is the end of the world as we know it...<i>If your goal is the end of the world as we know it, you are a nihilist.</i><br /><br />No, not even close. If your goal is the end of the world, maybe, but not if your goal is to switch out this world for a different one. They are Utopians, if I were king, all Utopians would be shot. Derphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142852429782439504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32857199833139442442015-11-15T19:15:18.844-06:002015-11-15T19:15:18.844-06:00One important point - all the people doing this ar...One important point - all the people doing this are, almost to a man, what in Judaism is called a Ba'al Teshuva and in Christianity "born again" <br /><br />They are all "born again Muslims" or converts. You read that over and over and over again.Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19132904118237100152015-11-15T19:07:46.100-06:002015-11-15T19:07:46.100-06:00>>much of the public is war-weary
We're...>>much of the public is war-weary<br /><br />We're not tired of war. We're tired of losing.DanTheManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388305611132014815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42361891576833623142015-11-15T19:07:16.398-06:002015-11-15T19:07:16.398-06:00Here is someone who is interested in understanding...Here is someone who is interested in understanding members of ISIS: <br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/15/terrorists-isis<br /><br />He understands them like, I suspect, he understood the IRA, which could be close to nihilism actually - he says what inspires them is not the Qur’an or religious teachings but a thrilling cause that promises glory and esteem - that is, the game.<br /><br />I am not sure if he not contradicting himself. He also said they are on a moral mission to change the world and sees it as radical Arab Sunni revivalism. Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82774689187349022812015-11-15T19:04:10.748-06:002015-11-15T19:04:10.748-06:00From Claire Berlinski, in Paris: ...Kill them all,...<i>From Claire Berlinski, in Paris: ...Kill them all, and do not dither. Do it soon, and do it right.</i><br /><br />I just got an erection...<br />Etiennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463542962653770911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51638478623131982562015-11-15T18:44:12.935-06:002015-11-15T18:44:12.935-06:00I think this sort of apocalyptic sect is nihilisti...I think this sort of apocalyptic sect is nihilistic in that its goal - its desired endpoint - is no human achievement, but the day of Wrath and Judgement. <br /><br />If your goal is the end of the world as we know it, you are a nihilist. MaxedOutMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011469804162511617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59300784030979654192015-11-15T18:00:46.465-06:002015-11-15T18:00:46.465-06:00First they came for the Jews who vote Democrat, an...First they came for the Jews who vote Democrat, and I did nothing.<br /><br />Then they came for the Uppity College Professors, and I did nothing.<br /><br />Then they came for the Uppity College Kids, and I did nothing.<br /><br />Then they came for the Pro-Abortion Feminists, and I did nothing.<br /><br />Then they came for the Texans and the like who carry firearms.<br /><br />And then the Problem was solved.<br /><br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3610753032239907412015-11-15T17:19:32.238-06:002015-11-15T17:19:32.238-06:00Gahrie,
"Muslim fanatics are as about the op...Gahrie,<br /><br />"<i>Muslim fanatics are as about the opposite of nihilistic as you can possibly get. They believe in the most comprehensive belief system out there.</i>"<br /><br />Yeah, I don't understand this Islamists=nihilist linkage either, but I'm quite positive that I don't understand nihilism as well as Krauthammer does. It may very well make perfect sense and I just don't have the depth of knowledge in order to fully appreciate it.<br /><br />John,<br /><br />"<i>But in a Democratic primary, at a time when much of the public is war-weary, it can be interesting to observe how the hawkish candidate talks about the issue.</i>"<br /><br />But <b>is</b> the public really war-weary? I'm not so sure about that. I heard that- a <b>lot</b>- from 2006 to 2009, and my feeling back then was: 'what are you all so weary about? You're not doing anything but watching it on the news!' This isn't to say that I don't think all Americans don't bear a cost for our foreign policy or that the national debt isn't something that all Americans care about at least passively (even those who don't pay any taxes probably sense intuitively that war spending crowds out transfer payments into their pockets), but that the actual weight was being lifted by a very, very small percentage of the population (less than 1%, and that's generous), so how could people really be "weary" about it? That President Obama surged troops into Afghanistan- twice!-, (so far) hasn't done anything to close Guantanamo's Camp X-Ray, and has executed <b>exponentially more</b> drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere than President Bush ever did, and none of these have ever been met with any significant (or even insignificant) resistance from Democrats suggests to me that the "war-weariness" was just a campaign issue used by the Democrats to win votes. I know that's cynical, and I'm sure they regret backing their President the way Republicans would go on to regret Bush's prescription drug benefit giveaway, but the reality is that- for Democrats- "war-weariness" appears to be applied selectively only when the other side is in power, similar to Republicans claiming the deficit as such a problem only when there's a Democrat in the White House.Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887205004934304498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2029855116157029492015-11-15T16:56:16.054-06:002015-11-15T16:56:16.054-06:00"You tell the boobs what they want to hear, a...<i>"You tell the boobs what they want to hear, and then after the election you do what you want.<br /><br /></i>See also: Obama on gay marriage.campyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15188668300381722712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40943970900478011542015-11-15T16:17:02.129-06:002015-11-15T16:17:02.129-06:00Why be surprised that Hillary is demagoging the is...Why be surprised that Hillary is demagoging the issue? That was Bill and Hillary's MO during Clinton's Arkansas and POTUS elections. You tell the boobs what they want to hear, and then after the election you do what you want. "Oh, I said that? Oh, that was just campaign rhetoric. Haha."rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88479430967087612632015-11-15T16:13:45.029-06:002015-11-15T16:13:45.029-06:00What are the root causes? And how soon can we cure...What are the root causes? And how soon can we cure the "root causes" assuming we can. Usually when someone says "we need to address the root cause" what they really mean is "I don't care about the problem" or "I'd rather live with the problem then solve it"<br /><br />The "We need to address the root cause of crime" was the Liberals Mantra in the 60s and 70s. It was their way of not addressing the exploding crime rate.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14001800429594404362015-11-15T16:13:06.526-06:002015-11-15T16:13:06.526-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12972875501552102462015-11-15T15:36:12.055-06:002015-11-15T15:36:12.055-06:00actually they are not nihilists. NIhilists believe...actually they are not nihilists. NIhilists believe in nothing. These guys believe in something very specific.. THere ideology may ultimately be nihilistic in execution, but they are not coming from a nihiist viewpoint. <br /><br />jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250384040393259866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24089468567755630472015-11-15T15:31:54.073-06:002015-11-15T15:31:54.073-06:00Blogger John Althouse Cohen said...
Why the surpri...<b>Blogger John Althouse Cohen said...<br />Why the surprise? Hillary is hawkish, very much so!<br /><br />I didn't say I was surprised or question whether she's "hawkish." But in a Democratic primary, at a time when much of the public is war-weary, it can be interesting to observe how the hawkish candidate talks about the issue. The question about understanding terrorists could have presented an opportunity for her to appeal to the liberal base, but instead she seemed to draw inspiration from what I found to be a very insightful article by a conservative commentator in 2001. I thought that was worth pointing out.</b><br /><br />Do you pretend to be a moderate like your mother does? Because tripe like this will out you as a Democrat shill.<br /><br />Let me give you just one very good reason why Hillary sounds absolutely nothing like any Conservative in this country, including Charles Krauthammer, from his article that you quoted:<br /><br /><b>its celebration of blood and death, its craving for the cleansing purity that comes only from eradicating life and culture, radical Islam is heir, above all, to Nazism. </b><br /><br />Wait, what? Radical Islam? What the hell is that?<br /><br />Remember, Hillary refused to call it that. Instead, she wants to use the word Jihadist, even though Jihad means a Muslim person. But you don't hear the word Islam in Jihad, so, she prefers to use that.<br /><br />Conservatives aren't afraid to call it what it is.<br /><br />Now, claim to be a moderate, please, and not a Democrat shill.erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421496691136153382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62138664998376117302015-11-15T14:11:30.081-06:002015-11-15T14:11:30.081-06:00except Krauthammer actually believes what he says....except Krauthammer actually believes what he says.Real Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457301904108193495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9776766838747988302015-11-15T13:39:42.785-06:002015-11-15T13:39:42.785-06:00Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say wh...<i>Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.</i>Smilin' Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501763605001379362noreply@blogger.com