Again, the true believers look foolish
Militarism – America’s State Religion
One soldier’s literary blasphemy
by Justin Raimondo
This has got the War Party in an uproar: Michelle Malkin’s head is spinning practically off its axis, like Linda Blair in The Exorcist, only faster, the boys over at Powerline are hotly demanding an “explanation,” and, to top it off, Jonah Goldberg, of all people, is waxing skeptical over “Shock Troops,” a piece in The New Republic by the pseudonymous “Scott Thomas.”
So what’s the big deal?
Apparently – not much. “Thomas” – now revealed to be Scott Thomas Beauchamp, a private stationed in Iraq with the First Infantry Division – details two incidents that have the neocon blogosphere in a major tizzy, but which, examined by calmer heads, don’t appear to be that big of a deal. So what’s up with that?
Ah, the comforting bubble of illusion that is a true believers mind. Too bad it gets people killed.
