http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/05/iraq-and-the-blame-game/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:09:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/05/iraq-and-the-blame-game/#comment-31748 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Iraq and the Blame Game, Redux Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:15:01 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/05/iraq-and-the-blame-game/#comment-31748 [...] If you’re an Iraq-watcher, then you already know that the commentating and political classes in the U.S. are shifting blame for the Iraq civil war on to the Iraqis. This is a how-to lesson in absolving yourself of responsibility for something you very much wish you hadn’t done, but don’t have the courage to admit you shouldn’t have. And here’s another one.              Related Posts [...] [...] If you’re an Iraq-watcher, then you already know that the commentating and political classes in the U.S. are shifting blame for the Iraq civil war on to the Iraqis. This is a how-to lesson in absolving yourself of responsibility for something you very much wish you hadn’t done, but don’t have the courage to admit you shouldn’t have. And here’s another one.              Related Posts [...]

]]> http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/05/iraq-and-the-blame-game/#comment-27378 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Nota Bene - Iraq Not a Disaster Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:08:37 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/11/05/iraq-and-the-blame-game/#comment-27378 [...] It’s a “challenge”, I suppose, or perhaps an “opportunity”, but it’s apparently not a “disaster”, at least not according to Tony Blair. And just in case you weren’t listening, he can’t have meant that it is a disaster, because he “does not use the word disaster”. Oh, and they didn’t say this. And he didn’t say that. Everything’s fine, except to the extent that it isn’t. And of course, to the extent that it isn’t, it’s someone else’s fault.              Related Posts [...] [...] It’s a “challenge”, I suppose, or perhaps an “opportunity”, but it’s apparently not a “disaster”, at least not according to Tony Blair. And just in case you weren’t listening, he can’t have meant that it is a disaster, because he “does not use the word disaster”. Oh, and they didn’t say this. And he didn’t say that. Everything’s fine, except to the extent that it isn’t. And of course, to the extent that it isn’t, it’s someone else’s fault.              Related Posts [...]

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