tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post7557572154861714533..comments2024-03-16T00:26:41.051-04:00Comments on Scaramouche: Why Did Those "Smart" NYT Pundits (Kristof, Friedman, Etc.) and Other "Wishful Thinkers" Get the "Arab Spring" So Wrong?scaramouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-48248714424321416522012-03-19T17:11:44.127-04:002012-03-19T17:11:44.127-04:00In other words, "wishful thinking" is a ...In other words, "wishful thinking" is a suicidal impulse.scaramouchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-92174975849205314392012-03-19T15:23:21.286-04:002012-03-19T15:23:21.286-04:00Wishful thinking beats hard-headed analysis every ...Wishful thinking beats hard-headed analysis every time (especially for intellectuals, as George Orwell so incisively observed), until events force--often too late--societies to confront reality. (Met any Carthaginians lately?)Carlos Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253355647824872032noreply@blogger.com