http://dagblog.com/link/steve-clemons-biden-doctrine-21031 Comments for "Steve Clemons: The Biden Doctrine" en http://dagblog.com/comment/227815#comment-227815 <a id="comment-227815"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/steve-clemons-biden-doctrine-21031">Steve Clemons: The Biden Doctrine</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I confess myself to be a big Steve Clemons fan, notwithstanding his youthful flirtation with Richard Nixon.</p> <p> </p> <p>His reference to Biden's unwillingness to sign on to the terrorism panic that seems to have engulfed so many otherwise proudly stalwart public intellectuals raises poignant  memories of John Kerry's wise (and reviled by the pugs) remarks that our goal vis-a-vis terrorists should be to confine them to the nuisance level (eg, San Bernardino) and to prevent the catastrophic events (9/11).</p> <p> </p> <p>The headlong rush to elevate Daesh to super villain status after a few well produced snuff flims went public and its counterproductive consequences make this still unfilled prescription an index to our immaturity.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 24 Aug 2016 02:06:54 +0000 jollyroger comment 227815 at http://dagblog.com