and for this goof

PIG HEAD DELONG

calls max

"well-meaning and honorable
but naive and somewhat gullible "

it seems max got
duped
by a decontexted quote
used
to show uncle's sam's
ruthless smokin gun
premeditation

it was by noam
and using
one of ole george kennan's
policy
think pieces
from after his moment of no doubt and no shame

ie the wrong kennan

in the comments

some oaf tries smoothing the waters

saying brad's harsh brash
but his heart is ...

it becomes the link in
to my reply

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"Brad's OK"???

" His heart's in the right place.."???

where's that
may i ask ???

passing on ....

indeed
context is crucial
which kennan are we referencing

the cold war containment archetect kennan

or one of the ever more benign subsequent kennan's??

the warrior kennan played his role
fully out
by early
47

his original
containment
was to prove to be
not enough
containment
and would lead
in 49
to the nitze
containment
phase two

by 48
the time of this quoted paper
this very original fellow
was sliding toward
a very comfortable
guilt edged pine bench
at princeton

a bench
dean acheson et al
had in mind for him
when he turned ..
yellow on them

yes princeton
where we the people
could
begin
to make him over

make him into
a revered
human faced
monday morning quarterback

able to shake his head
at those dim
eagles
still in power

the guys
still up there
in washington
still executing
"his" containment policy
but only
as dutifully
and devilishly modified
for
the benefit of
uncle sam's
ever so demanding patrons )

-----------
if the entire post war /kold war
record
is viewed
carefully

a pattern emerges

the national security state

used
policy making
brains
like kennan's

as needed
and
while needed

and when
those brains
were no longer useful
the NS state
cast them off

especially
as with kennan
when
a very good brain
no longer produced
work
that refected
a heart still
" in the right place "
or
guts
still able
to watch blood spurt from their
very own pen

----------------

and by all recent indications...

not much has changed since
the wall fell

so let this
be a lesson
to you all

best make your bones early

do your dirty work early

( like brad did
for bobby rubin)

and
then ride off
to a well earned
career of ivy preference
like kennan did

that way
u still have a long decent interval
after service
to the trans nats

make sure its long enough
and spot free enough
to show
the civilized world
that...
"no no no
they're not
doing what I'd ...
christ ... i had something
completely different in mind....
this is not at all what I ....
why i'd a fought
a clean war...
no no no
i'd a
fought no war at all ..."

time and inaction
leaves
no soiled hands
eh ???

your clean

except for that one short interval
when you had
to pen
your own personal
midget version
of
the cable from moscow
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but brad seems in danger of missing the optimal move here

brad
you got your tenure

sit back
wear
your laurels
proudly

stay clear
of washington
muckery

getting into dudgeons
might be fun

but
you're looking
---may i say --
well ....ape ish

stay in berkley

write your blog

horn in
on other guys articles

hell the company you'll keep
there...

treasury secretary ??

too tubby brad
the next dem white houseisn't
likely
to assemble
a second taft cabinet

not gonna happen

you will remain
an ivy ally thug
-------------
enough brad

so lets sum up

first off

all you youthful readers out there

sell your soul early ...

and
get the twofer

a career boost
and
a lot of time
to make amends

do it that way
and
you'll be
in the same club
that prolly
includes
way more of
the famous folks
u admire
then u could ever want to imagine

point two

don't ever
ever no matter what they promise
don't let em drag you back in ...

point three

there is no point three