Orson Scott Card Has Plenty to Say

[billroper]

In this article, author Orson Scott Card has a great deal to say about the situation in Iraq. It's entirely likely that many of you will disagree with him. Heck, I'm sure that I don't agree with him about everything.

On the other hand, I don't always agree with myself about everything...

Comments

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

Orson Scott Card is one of my favorite writers of fiction, but what I've seen of his political opinions in, say, the last 10 years leaves me with absolutely no respect for what he says outside of his fiction. This piece is no exception.

He starts out by claiming that Bush was right to claim and continue to claim that major combat was over on the date that he originally declared it to be, despite the fact that we still have well over 100,000 forces deployed, taking fire, and taking casualties. Only a twit would argue that the Iraq operation today is not "major", and to argue that it's not "combat" is to piss on the graves of our servicemen who are still dying every week.

Then he says something about the main source of problems being Rumsfeld's fault, as if Bush had no responsibility for Rumsfeld's policies, or for either his initial appointment or his continued service. Sorry, dude -- if Rumsfeld is a major source of problems, that means Bush has to go, because we don't elect the Secretary of Defense, but we do elect the President.

I couldn't stomach any more of the drivel. Stick to novels, Scott.