Papa Bear gets frothy
by digby
John Amato has been watching the wingnuts work themselves into a full blown frenzy (so you don’t have to.) Check out O’Reilly’s latest:
To them it’s the beginning of the End Times. I’m sure Tim Lehaye is working on a new Left Behind book as we speak. Wow, how time flies and things change. It seems like just the other day Vlad was a nobody with no real power except for the kind that he sells, but now, he’s the Big Dog.
Bill O’Reilly has been chomping at the bit since this happened and now he’s concocted a global conspiracy that begins and ends with Putin because,,,well, just because.
O’REILLY: It’s clear Putin is going to do exactly what he wants to do and that includes taking over weak countries. He well understands the Western democracies are weak themselves, debt-ridden and selfish. Therefore, we can expect the following unintended consequences.
A, North Korea, most likely get more aggressive towards South Korea — last weekend they fired missiles in a provocative way. B, the Syrian butcher Assad will most likely regain control of that country and another blood bath will ensue. C, China will most likely seize a small island chain currently governed by Japan. And worst of all, Iran will most likely ramp up its nuclear weapons activity, knowing that Putin will no longer embrace sanctions once the West starts to sanction him.
The truth is that President Obama tried soft power policy and it has failed dismally. We are living in a very dangerous world where killers rule, intimidate and inflict massive damage on innocent people. The North Koreans, Chinese, Iranians and Syrians will kill anybody without remorse.
So while many Americans are obsessed with a missing jet liner in South Asia they are totally missing the danger that confronts this country. Back in 1979, Iranians took 52 American hostages and held them for about a year and a half. That destroyed President Carter’s credibility. It ruined him.
Amato quips:
Wait, Bill forgot about the Mexicans. I’m hearing La Reconquista is already underway and they are coming over the border to take back Texas any day now.
He also points out that even Charles Krauthamer was reluctant to sign on to this doomsday scenario. And he loves doomsday scenarios.
The excitement they feel is palpable even through the TV. This is what makes the right wing feel alive.
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