Comments on: Gallup: 67% Of Americans Want To Meet With Enemies http://donklephant.com/2008/06/02/gallup-67-of-americans-want-to-meet-with-enemies/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:08:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: William Bunker http://donklephant.com/2008/06/02/gallup-67-of-americans-want-to-meet-with-enemies/comment-page-1/#comment-408841 William Bunker Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:18:35 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5862#comment-408841 There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. I would be more than happy to talk with our greatest enemies. Problems are in context, and context can be changed. Interior beliefs can be enhanced and compressed. Perceptions and understandings can be refined. There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

I would be more than happy to talk with our greatest enemies. Problems are in context, and context can be changed. Interior beliefs can be enhanced and compressed. Perceptions and understandings can be refined.

]]> By: kranky kritter http://donklephant.com/2008/06/02/gallup-67-of-americans-want-to-meet-with-enemies/comment-page-1/#comment-408776 kranky kritter Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:43:32 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5862#comment-408776 This data, should in endure into the fall, makes a really good talking point for Obama..."I think we should at least have discussions with our enemies, <i>and the American people are largely with me on this point.</i> The GOP's goal when it comes to the war is going to be to try to get folks to <i>conflate engagement with appeasement</i>. To put a coarse point on it, the Gop with encourage folks to commune with their visceral fear- and revenge-based instincts and assume that "talking is for pussies, our enemies will respect us after we've killed enough of them." Obama has to work hard to remind Americans that the willingness to talk can be a sign of intelligence and strength. This data, should in endure into the fall, makes a really good talking point for Obama…”I think we should at least have discussions with our enemies, and the American people are largely with me on this point.

The GOP’s goal when it comes to the war is going to be to try to get folks to conflate engagement with appeasement. To put a coarse point on it, the Gop with encourage folks to commune with their visceral fear- and revenge-based instincts and assume that “talking is for pussies, our enemies will respect us after we’ve killed enough of them.”

Obama has to work hard to remind Americans that the willingness to talk can be a sign of intelligence and strength.

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