Famed spy novelist John le Carré lashes out at Bush

Why should I care about what some novelist thinks? Typical ramblings about how Bush and Americans will destroy the world.

Not saying that I don't find this article entertaining.

 

He's a little more than "some novelist." He used to work for the M5 or M6 or somesuch. FWIW.

I would also point out that you've engaged wholly in an ad hominem attack, without any engagement of his thoughts.

 

And contrary to what Superdave said, he did not work for either the motorway linking Rugby with Carlisle, or indeed the one linking Birmingham with the London Orbital. He did, however, work for MI6, Britain's equivalent of the CIA.

 

Hey, I was only off by one letter.

 

Or 120 miles of asphalt.

 

With our freedoms being "systematically eroded", it's a real wonder that government authorities haven't worked to block all internet users in the United States from accessing his column. One wonders how Robert Fisk was able to complete his recent lecture tour given the stifling of dissent in our beloved country.

 

My moniker will remain as my favorite fictional character, damn the torpedoes

 

Call me when Chuck Barris dissents.

 

dawg...is it even possible for you to discuss ideas and not personalities???

 

And we should care what this anti-Semite thinks because...?

 

Oooooh, ze plot thickens.

 

This may be true, but I believe his frenchedness negates all that.

 

Thank you GringoTex, great article by a great writer.

(...)

God also has pretty scary connections. In America, where all men are equal in His sight, if not in one another’s,

the Bush family numbers
one President,
one ex-President,
one ex-head of the CIA,
the Governor of Florida
the ex-Governor of Texas.

Care for a few pointers?

George W. Bush,

1978-84: senior executive, Arbusto Energy/Bush Exploration, an oil company;

1986-90: senior executive of the Harken oil company.

Dick Cheney,

1995-2000: chief executive of the Halliburton oil company.

Condoleezza Rice,

1991-2000: senior executive with the Chevron oil company, which named an oil tanker after her.

But none of these trifling associations affects the integrity of God’s work.

(...)

 

:lol:

 

Only Henry Kissinger is allowed to dismiss critiques as anti-semites

 

Is it possible for you to crack even a bit of a smile? Joking, super.

I genuinely don't happen to care what John Le Carre' has to say about it.

 

You care enough to dismiss him with an ad hominem attack.

 

Man, you gotta relax.

 

Works for you.

 

C'mon man, the Chuck Barris comment was pretty funny.

 

Hey, I'm just repeating what Salman Rushdie and Christopher Hitchens think about Le Carre.

 

Counterpoint...

http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/03/0103/010303.html#011603

About 2/3 of the way down the page, under Thursday...