tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post114549926682453750..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: And Pierre's robes came from ScoopPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1145991079329191462006-04-25T14:51:00.000-04:002006-04-25T14:51:00.000-04:00Hmm. See also Arendt's comparison of the American...Hmm. See also Arendt's comparison of the American and French revolutions in, for instance, "On Revolution."<BR/><BR/>The Dryfus affair notwithstanding, Arendt considered the French version a catastrophe and lamented that it, rather than the American version, became the model for all subsequent revolutions. (Note: She didn't survive to see the recent Czech revolution or, with any luck, the one that may ultimately turn out well in the Ukrane.)<BR/><BR/>figleaf (who's blog is not safe for work.)figleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440982008394316977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1145549459393241342006-04-20T12:10:00.000-04:002006-04-20T12:10:00.000-04:00Haven't read the article itself, but going by the ...Haven't read the article itself, but going by the snippet in your post, I can't help but be put in mind of the liberation of Iraq. Good intentions and overthrow of corrupt regime, check. Mass murder? Well, Iraq does seem to be descending into sectarian warfare. Hopefully we won't see a new, but different (as in Islamic and Iranian controlled), corrupt regime take over after we leave. I assume Mr. Kekes was unaware of the parallels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com