A Comment About
Hunkered Between Santorum and Paul Lies Peace Through Total War
January 31, 2012 - 12:06 am
Mike O'Malley
2012-02-03 12:18:04
What does Simon Bar Kokhba have to do with what “#13. Chris” is talking about?
A lot.
The Islamofascist men ruling Iran are NOT modern men like you, Chris or I. They are more likely to be non-rational players who are more akin to pre-modern men of Antiquity living in an intensely sacralized world with a strong eschatological sense. The Islamofascist men ruling Iran are much more like Simon Bar Kokhba or the Sicarii at Massada. Like Simon Bar Kokhba and the Sicarii at Massada they just will not behave in accord with our modern secular sensibilities. It is dangerous to argue and plan, as #13 Chris does above, as if they will behave in accord with our modern secular sensibilities.
