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1. almost 13 years ago on Doonesbury

   LBJ and Nixon were wrong [= guilty of war crimes] about Viet Nam and GWB wrong [= guilty of war crimes] about Iraq and Afghanistan; BHO is similarly guilty of war crimes for continuing Bush’s “imperialistic, war mongering” policies.

   But can you really craft a definition of socialist that applies to both the Vietnamese anti-imperialist revolutionaries and Obama, Wall Street’s errand-boy?

2. about 13 years ago on Doonesbury

   It’s been argued that Machiavelli meant “The Prince” (1513) to be understood as a satire of tyranny. If so, Trff’s being a bit meta here.