Jeane Kirkpatrick
Here are a couple things.
First, here is the White House statement on the death of Jeane Kirkpatrick:
"Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Jeane Kirkpatrick. As a professor, author, ambassador, and adviser to Presidents, she influenced the thinking of generations of Americans on the importance of American leadership in advancing the cause of freedom and democracy around the globe. She defended the cause of freedom at a pivotal time in world history, and her courageous service as our United Nations Ambassador inspired her fellow Americans and lovers of liberty around the world. Jeane's powerful intellect helped America win the Cold War. Her insights and teachings will continue to illuminate the path ahead for the United States in the world. We send our condolences to Jeane's family and friends and, on behalf of all Americans, we give thanks for her extraordinary life."
Source: President and Mrs. Bush saddened by death of Jeane Kirkpatrick. (2006, December 8). Retrieved December 13, 2006, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061208-2.html
Second, here are two paragraphs from Jeane Kirkpatrick's famous essay Dictatorships and Double Standards:
"Although most governments in the world are, as they always have been, autocracies of one kind or another, no idea holds greater sway in the mind of educated Americans than the belief that it is possible to democratize governments, anytime, anywhere, under any circumstances. This notion is belied by an enormous body of evidence based on the experience of dozens of countries which have attempted with more or less (usually less) success to move from autocratic to democratic government. Many of the wisest political scientists of this and previous centuries agree that democratic institutions are especially difficult to establish and maintain--because they make heavy demands on all portions of a population and because they depend on complex social, cultural, and economic conditions."
"Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman; it should also have taught us the dangers of trying to be the world's midwife to democracy when birth is scheduled to take place under conditions of guerrilla war."
Source: Kirkpatrick, J. (1979, November). Dictatorships and double standards. Commentary, 68, 34-45.
Finally, here's me:
Her comments have an obvious implication for our success in Iraq. I guess people don't mention them for fear of offending Bush.
Second, her essay is odious. It's about how we shouldn't support Soviet-backed popular uprisings against dictators who kill their own people; those are the dictators we should support in order to protect 'vital American interests,' which she never defines but which probably stands for the unmentionable translation: the needs of the rich and of mega-corporations. Like the people in Utica have an interest in 200,000 Guatemalans being murdered by their government.
Third, hopefully, she's in Hell. At least she'll get to see Reagan again.
First, here is the White House statement on the death of Jeane Kirkpatrick:
"Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Jeane Kirkpatrick. As a professor, author, ambassador, and adviser to Presidents, she influenced the thinking of generations of Americans on the importance of American leadership in advancing the cause of freedom and democracy around the globe. She defended the cause of freedom at a pivotal time in world history, and her courageous service as our United Nations Ambassador inspired her fellow Americans and lovers of liberty around the world. Jeane's powerful intellect helped America win the Cold War. Her insights and teachings will continue to illuminate the path ahead for the United States in the world. We send our condolences to Jeane's family and friends and, on behalf of all Americans, we give thanks for her extraordinary life."
Source: President and Mrs. Bush saddened by death of Jeane Kirkpatrick. (2006, December 8). Retrieved December 13, 2006, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061208-2.html
Second, here are two paragraphs from Jeane Kirkpatrick's famous essay Dictatorships and Double Standards:
"Although most governments in the world are, as they always have been, autocracies of one kind or another, no idea holds greater sway in the mind of educated Americans than the belief that it is possible to democratize governments, anytime, anywhere, under any circumstances. This notion is belied by an enormous body of evidence based on the experience of dozens of countries which have attempted with more or less (usually less) success to move from autocratic to democratic government. Many of the wisest political scientists of this and previous centuries agree that democratic institutions are especially difficult to establish and maintain--because they make heavy demands on all portions of a population and because they depend on complex social, cultural, and economic conditions."
"Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman; it should also have taught us the dangers of trying to be the world's midwife to democracy when birth is scheduled to take place under conditions of guerrilla war."
Source: Kirkpatrick, J. (1979, November). Dictatorships and double standards. Commentary, 68, 34-45.
Finally, here's me:
Her comments have an obvious implication for our success in Iraq. I guess people don't mention them for fear of offending Bush.
Second, her essay is odious. It's about how we shouldn't support Soviet-backed popular uprisings against dictators who kill their own people; those are the dictators we should support in order to protect 'vital American interests,' which she never defines but which probably stands for the unmentionable translation: the needs of the rich and of mega-corporations. Like the people in Utica have an interest in 200,000 Guatemalans being murdered by their government.
Third, hopefully, she's in Hell. At least she'll get to see Reagan again.
posted by a librarian at 9:53 AM
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