Tag: Vladimir

  • "The joyless Panglossianism of Iraq"

    That was Eve Fairbanks describing in The New Republic Gen. David Petraeus at yesterday’s Senate appearance. Ms. Fairbanks was talking about the verbal pantomimic performances of the senators as well as Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, and the, ultimately, meaninglessness of the whole exercise: But of all the posturers, Petraeus and Crocker were the worst.…