Robert Jensen (Professor, University of Texas)
"[Americans must pursue] the most courageous act of citizenship in the United States today: pledging to dismantle the American empire. The United States has lost the war in Iraq, and that's a good thing."
**1. We aren't losing the war.
2. If we were losing, it would be a good thing?? --> Does he realize this would mean tens of thousands of Americans would be dying in Iraq? And does he really think these troops death would be a good thing?
3. Dismantle the American Empire??? What empire? --> The U.S. is the only great nation in the history of the world which hasn't created an empire.
4. I hope you all know this is what you are sending your children out to when they go to college.........I am very close to this situation and can tell you this type of thought process is much more prevalent than we all want to admit**
**1. We aren't losing the war.
2. If we were losing, it would be a good thing?? --> Does he realize this would mean tens of thousands of Americans would be dying in Iraq? And does he really think these troops death would be a good thing?
3. Dismantle the American Empire??? What empire? --> The U.S. is the only great nation in the history of the world which hasn't created an empire.
4. I hope you all know this is what you are sending your children out to when they go to college.........I am very close to this situation and can tell you this type of thought process is much more prevalent than we all want to admit**
posted by Poison Pero @ Wednesday, February 09, 2005
4 Comments:
At 4:45 PM,
Anonymous said…
He appears to be an idiot.
He appears to not know the difference between a setback and a defeat.
He is also a reason I am glad none of my children will ever attend U.T.-Austin.
L.Tull
San Antonio
At 4:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
OK, after actually finding some of his writing, I apologize for calling him an idiot.
He is actually rather thoughtful, and well-intentioned.
He states that this quote was taken out of context. I cannot find a context in which it would be personally acceptable to me, but he certainly is free to speak his mind.
L.Tull
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