In the history of excuses for doing bad things there have been any number of proschemata with lesser justification than 'lunatic Islamists': even some recent ones spring to mind.
There was little plausibility in the whole WMD/Iraq 2002 debate. Still, no-one's been prosecuted, so that's all right then.
Germany did indeed fear communism: and also the major industrialists and rump of the Prussian old guard thought they could control the party they had built around their Charlie Chaplin manque, and even control him.
I may actually agree with you, but some dark recess of the mind keeps nagging at me, telling me: the odds against 'it' (worst case scenario) happening are small, but still, given the nature of the populace, to a great extent random.
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Date: 2010-11-02 11:08 am (UTC)There was little plausibility in the whole WMD/Iraq 2002 debate. Still, no-one's been prosecuted, so that's all right then.
Germany did indeed fear communism: and also the major industrialists and rump of the Prussian old guard thought they could control the party they had built around their Charlie Chaplin manque, and even control him.
I may actually agree with you, but some dark recess of the mind keeps nagging at me, telling me: the odds against 'it' (worst case scenario) happening are small, but still, given the nature of the populace, to a great extent random.