Remember “Support Our Troops!!”? First, the neocons blamed leftists, anti-Semites, traitors, and “unpatriotic” souls like Lew Rockwell, Bob Novak, and Pat Buchanan for the disastrous failures of the Iraq War. But that didn’t work. Then they blamed the Iraqis, Bush, even each other. But that didn’t work. Well, now they blame — the military! But how can the neocons bray both “Support Our Troops!” and “Blame the Military!”? This ability to hold two contradictory opinions at once is described best by “Goldstein,” the leader of the secret “Brotherhood” that opposes Big Brother in Orwell’s 1984. It is a central ingredient … Continue reading Having Trouble Thinking Double?