The enemy is my friend

Mark Steyn wrote this on The Corner earlier:

Somewhere in America Alone I write that, to the progressive mind, the very concept of “the enemy” is obsolescent: There are no enemies, just friends whose grievances we haven’t yet accommodated.

It’s a bit worrying to see the President adopting this line formally. He seems to have concluded that he can keep all the practices of the Bush era if he gives them touchyfeelier labels. But the loss of accepted language - that “wars” are “won” by “defeating” “enemies” – is a big part of the problem.

Hey, I guess that’s one way of changing stuff. Here’s the story in the Washington Post.

“The Brokest Generation”

A new column by Mark Steyn. As always worth a read.

Because, as politicians like to say, it’s about “the future of all our children.” And the future of all our children is that they’ll be paying off the past of all their grandparents. At 12 percent of GDP, this year’s deficit is the highest since the Second World War, and prioritizes not economic vitality but massive expansion of government. But hey, it’s not our problem. As Lord Keynes observed, “In the long run we’re all dead.” Well, most of us will be. But not you youngsters, not for a while. So we’ve figured it out: You’re the ultimate credit market, and the rest of us are all pre-approved!
 

The ‘Special Relationship’ (Part Two)

Mark steyn writes on the subject here

Evidently, the White House gift shop was all out of “MY GOVERNMENT DELEGATION WENT TO WASHINGTON AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT” T-shirts. Still, the “classic American movies” set is a pretty good substitute, and it can set you back as much as $38.99 at Wal-Mart[...]