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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
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Sunday, December 08, 2002 :::
Saddam Hussein claims that he invaded Kuwait to protect his regime from the U.S.
Didn't work, did it?
Actually, let me compare two recent statements. This from Saddam's Information Minister:
We apologize to God for any deed that angered him in the past, which we might not have known of and is blamed on us, and on this basis we also apologize to you.
Here's Billy Bulger, in front of the House Government Reform Committee on Friday:
The Fifth Amendment's basic function is to protect innocent men who might be ensnared by ambiguous circumstances. I find myself in such circumstances.
[emphasis mine for both quotes]
I'm not quite as skeptical of Bulger's claim of innocense as I am of Hussein's. Not quite. But that's some nice parallelism happening there, isn't it?
::: posted by Steven at 4:27 PM
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