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bilby commented on the word fail upwards
"And to make matters worse, even though they have a dismal record when it comes to predicting what their plans will do, they don't hesitate to explain to us with complete confidence just what sort of catastrophes our ideas will surely lead to. If we force them to withdraw from such-and-such a country in such-and-such a way, we'll be responsible for nothing short of 'genocide', or ensure that a nuclear weapon goes off in an American city, or worse. And the media believes them, despite the fact that they've been proven wrong time and again, and so gives them carte blanche as 'experts'. I'm talking, of course, about the U.S. military's top brass (uniforms and all those medals are just so imposing!), the key civilians in the Pentagon, the rest of the national security establishment, the hordes of think-tank strategists in our capital, and the political leaders who go with them. Talk about failing upwards!
- Tom Engelhardt, A Falcon of Peace tomdispatch.com, 10 March 2009.
March 11, 2009
sonofgroucho commented on the word fail upwards
Probably better than failing downwards.
March 11, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word fail upwards
Fail upwards, huh? Sounds like what my boss does.
March 11, 2009