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December 29th, 2012

stas: (With hat)
Saturday, December 29th, 2012 01:32 pm
Левый журналист Томас Фридман поучает мусульманских братьев:

But the ruling Muslim Brotherhood needs to understand that democracy is so much more than just winning an election. It is nurturing a culture of inclusion, and of peaceful dialogue, where respect for leaders is earned by surprising opponents with compromises rather than dictates….More than anything, Egypt now needs to develop that kind of culture of dialogue, of peaceful and respectful arguing — it was totally suppressed under Mubarak — rather than rock-throwing, boycotting, conspiracy-mongering and waiting for America to denounce one side or the other, which has characterized too much of the postrevolutionary political scene.

Не будем касаться подробно глупости поучения хамасоидов демократии, об этом по ссылке много. Я другое думаю. Мусульманский брат, если бы захотел, в ответ мог бы ему сказать просто - мужик, ты бы на себя и своего президента сначала посмотрел, а потом поучал бы других культуре диалога и поиску компромисса. Кроме знаменитого "I won", вот, например, Любимый Руководитель на переговорах:

Mr. Obama repeatedly lost patience with the speaker as negotiations faltered. In an Oval Office meeting last week, he told Mr. Boehner that if the sides didn't reach agreement, he would use his inaugural address and his State of the Union speech to tell the country the Republicans were at fault.

At one point, according to notes taken by a participant, Mr. Boehner told the president, "I put $800 billion [in tax revenue] on the table. What do I get for that?"

"You get nothing," the president said. "I get that for free."


Как вам surprising opponents with compromises? Как вам respectful arguing? Ну уж о культуре дискусии рядовых левых, о boycotting, conspiracy-mongering и прочем - тут можно многотомную диссертацию написать.
stas: (Default)
Saturday, December 29th, 2012 09:32 pm
Как мы знаем, по итогам расследования происшедшего в Бенгази было наказано четыре стрелочника. Как наказаны? Вот так:

The highest-ranking official caught up in the scandal, Assistant Secretary of State Eric Boswell, has not “resigned” from government service, as officials said last week. He is just switching desks. And the other three are simply on administrative leave and are expected back.

Иными словами, за весь этот бардак, за то, что комиссия по расследованию назвала: "Systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels within two bureaus of the State Department ... resulted in a special mission security posture that was inadequate for Benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place,", за кучу вранья и за четверых убитых, включая посла - за всё это наказанием будет - одно служебное передвижение и три отпуска?

Я бы на месте американских избирателей начал сильно интересоваться событиями в России - там как раз сейчас наглядная демонстрация того, что бывает, когда правительство утрачивает страх перед избирателями.