I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating.

After 9/11 the only people who had a cohesive world view and plan of action that anywhere remotely resembled reality were the Neo-cons.

The moderate center, the left, the isolationist right, anyone else were so busy being utter fools that they didn’t see it coming and had no clue how to react.

It’s not like they couldn’t have. The left dismantled a religious/political structure in Quebec peacefully and quite productively. But they were so bent on the ‘real’ enemy, the GOP, that they had no answers.

The middle could have suggested vigorous police action, or something similar, and may have been ok. But they were suffering a nasty hangover from the drunken tech boom years, and still couldn’t think straight.

But the Neo-cons had ready answers and justifications for them. They had done the thinking, had argued and defended their ideas before. And they won the debate for a time.

This stupidity of no recognizing reality and fighting imaginary enemies (evangelical christians are just as dangerous) is so short sighted. There are real issues, real problems, real enemies. The answers are complex and unknown, and full debate based on facts from all sides can help clarify.

But this nonsense of ignoring reality is just plain dangerous. Reality has a tendency to force recognition.

Derek