I would like to address one reader in particular who
called the America's Worst Allies post "arrant nonsense." Pompous much? Who do
you think you are, Basil Freaking Rathbone? (Go on dear readers, count the
number of times you hear the word arrant around the office today.)
Why is it
that people treat foreign policy like it is semi-theological when the bullshit
factor in making policy about hugely complex issues is so high and duplicity,
deception and grotesquely self-serving behavior are so prevalent? Why do they practically write about it in an English accent? I
literally do not know of a single respectable intellectual pursuit that is
founded more on generalization, speculation, and guessing than even the most
"serious" practice of foreign policy professionals.
Is some of
what I write here sometimes a little whimsical or, given that this after all a
blog in which I offer quickly formulated views of 500 words sometimes more than
once a day, glib? You betcha. Deal with it.
The idea is that you
might have a thought provoked or get a slightly different perspective. But
don't come in here and get all arrant nonsense-y over me or I will get all
Chris Brown all over your ass. (His career, by the way, is ovah. Rihanna is a
precious jewel, even if Kanye does consider her his kid sister. I mean Kanye is
one of the biggest most pompous arrant assholes in the world, right?)
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