“Well, that certainly solves the problem. A militia isn’t a militia if we don’t call it a militia. And we can’t call it a militia, because we have decreed there shall be no militias in Iraq.” William Lind’s quote reminds me of a great scene in the movie Dr. Zhiavago when Zhiavago is called away from his hospital by the Soviet deputy living in his home to deal with a sick dying old man. The deputy is concerned that the old man is sick with typhus, as it has been decreed eradicated by the Soviet government. Zhiavago angrily replies, “No … Continue reading Re: Newspeak