Over at Pandagon, jedmunds observes that Douglas Feith will not be welcomed by one and all when he takes up a teaching position at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Jedmunds recalls an incident in which Henry Kissinger called the offices of the producers of Saturday Night Live, trying to get tickets to the show for someone. According to jedmunds, "Al Franken grabbed the phone, and yelled 'If it wasn’t for My Lai, you’d get your fucking tickets!' and hung up on him."
The mention of Henry Kissinger brings to mind Barry Crimmins’ book, Never Shake Hands With a War Criminal.
Ms. Kate makes an interesting case for ensconcing Feith at a prestigious academic institution, but not as a teacher. Rather it should be like the old joke about the inbred rural family who have a son at Harvard, “He ain’t studyin’ nothin’. They’re studyin’ him.”
If we can study and understand what makes a Feith, perhaps we can learn to screen such creatures out when they seek positions of influence, or possibly even abort them in the womb.
//The Magic 8-Ball says, "Never shake hands with a war criminal."\\
1 comment:
Good for Al, I despise Kissinger also, a bonifide war criminal. As far as screening Feith and his ilk out, it would be nice...but we ain't shakin the seives at this point.
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