The Funny Farm

Spoken Like A Gentleman

Bartcop provides the smackdown on some Clinton Haters At Work by pointing out the axiomatic fallacy of the wrongwingnut argument made:

Clinton Hater At Work : Let's get our facts straight people... Willam Jefferson Clinton did send troops to die in Somalia, and here's why... When George HW Bush sent troops to Somalia in 1992, BartCop: As far as I'm concerned, this argument is over. Bush the Smarter Stupid got America into Somalia only after losing the 1992 election. We're about to argue what happened next, but (A) Why didn't Bush send troops there before losing? (B) No troops would've died if Bush hadn't sent them to Somalia in the first place and fewer troops would've died if Bush had sent them with the armor they needed. [snip]

As far as we're concerned, the argument is over as well. All of the rest of the rationalizations and misdirectional points that the other side uses in the debate are moot and a waste of time trying to deal with. They are somewhat instructional in that they project the problems that the Republics themselves are having, and having to deal with. And, of course, the clincher:

BartCop: Bottom line - they forgive Reagan, Bush and Bush for getting 2405 soldiers killed so they can scream about the 18 who died after Bush initiated his Somalia campaign.

Go read the whole thing (if you haven't already) while we plow through the snow to the office this morning.

Posted by (: Tom :) at April 25, 2005 05:58 AM