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Title: Deliver Us from Evil : Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism by Sean Hannity ISBN: 0-06-058251-0 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.78 (1549 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Blunt, Passionate, Rallying Cry for Conservatives
Comment: In "Deliver Us From Evil", Sean Hannity reminds people that evil truly exists, and that invoking the notion of evil is responsible, rather than immature. He cites several potent examples of evil, from Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin, to Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. These monsters can only be described as evil.
President Bush has issued a pledge, through the Bush Doctrine of 2002, to take the War on Terror to the enemy before he targets us - much in the spirit that Ronald Reagan forcefully created the conditions for the dismantlement of the Soviet Union. Bush's doctrine of pre-emption is right for America, and when the threat posed by a rogue state or a terrorist group fully materializes, it will be too late.
Sean Hannity brilliantly displays how the Democrats have disreputably played politics with some of the most vital issues concerning American national security. On issues crucial to the American people - Republicans and Democrats - the Democratic Party of today has abandoned its virtuous past, when JFK and Harry Truman were in power, and has become hijacked by the extreme left that puts opportunism and power ahead of national security.
Moreover, Hannity explains why all Democratic presidential candidates (from Howard Dean and John Kerry, to Dick Gephardt and Wesley Clark) are unfit to be president (Joe Lieberman is halfway decent though), and contrasts them with the unwavering moral clarity and decisive leadership George W. Bush has offered the American people and the world.
Hannity also addresses several present dangers facing America, from the Syrian Ba'ath party and Iran's mullahs, to Kim Jong-Il's North Korea and China.
Sean Hannity has written a powerful and convincing book on how appeasement is fruitless and only leads to more violence, and how there are those who engage in such immoral acts that they have to be classified as evil. With the election in a few months, I believe all Americans should read this book, as it proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that George W. Bush is the right man for another four years.
P.S. YES THERE ARE CONSERVATIVES IN CANADA!!! LOL
BUSH-CHENEY 2004!!!!!
Rating: 1
Summary: Bush Blew It, Hannity Blew It - We Will Pay the Consequences
Comment: Neoconservatives believe modern threats facing the US can no longer be reliably contained and therefore must be prevented, sometimes through preemptive military action. In the neocon utopia, the entire Middle East would be democratized in the belief that this would eliminate a prime breeding ground for terrorists. Any regime that is outwardly hostile to the US and could pose a threat would be confronted aggressively, not "appeased" or merely contained. Neocons believe that threats symmetrical (roque states), and assymetrical (terrorist groups), can not be allowed to fester, and must be erradicated as soon as possible. Richard Perle (who has resigned) and Paul Wolfowitz are the leading pure advocates of neoconservativism in the administration. Neoconservate ideologies have been around since the late 60's, and were housed in the democrtatic party (believe it or not...), until their eventual and logical defection to to Republican party in the 70's. Their ideologies have been dissmissed as overzealous, radical, naive, hawkish to the extreme, with potentially disasterous consequences. So, what gave credence to their arguments?
911
Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in the heads of Bush, Cheney, and both sides of the house. Terrorist group CAN - in fact, inflict significant damage to the US, and the free world is highly vulnerable. Could the neocons have been right all along?
In fact, they were. Terrorist groups and rogue states are the barbarians waiting in the hills to attack civilization. Except this time it's the US and Europe and not the Romans. This time they are armed with nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons - not swords. 911 proved our vulnerability.
How did Bush blow it? Erradicating terror is a critical mission to our future. And, two key character flaws are resulting in failure. Bush needed to parlay the unpreceidented global support after the 911 attacks to first capture bin Laden and destroy al Qaeda. ->THEN<- phase II, leverage the momentum after the phase I success, dismantle rogue states such as Iraq, N. Korea, and Iran with a global coalition. His failure to put "first things first" (character flaw I), and lone cowboy approach (arrogance, character flaw II) resulted in the clearly poor decision to invade Iraq prematurely. The aftermath, which we are now witnessing, has greatly weakened our credibility. This - along with poor planning has all but dessimated our ability to accomplish this extremely critical mission. bin Laden is still a free man, able to orchestrate and incite further attacks. I doubt this would be the case if the entire world's efforts were directed toward his capture. And the US is involved - all but alone, in an ever deepening quagmire in Iraq.
How did Hannity blow it? War is an ugly thing. And, many have an understandable adversion to it - even when it's necessary. They're the liberals. Hannity has a huge audience and following. He - like it or not, is one of top influencers of public opinion in the country right now. In order to accomplish the critical mission of erradicating terror, we need the support of all americans. Yes, that includes the liberals! That support existed in the wake of 911. Instead of taking the opportunity to broaden support in Deliver Us From Evil by making his case without alienating 1/2 the population, he chose the path of least resistance by including the requsite "liberal bashing". His case is a strong one - without liberal bashing. Now is the time to reach out, and sell the cause! It is not the time for vitreous criticism of the opposition. It's a time to seek converts, not preach to the choir. It is time to close the gap by rallying around a common cause, not broaden the divide. In a very real sense, Hannity is weakening support for a very important cause. Sean - cut out the liberal bashing, >broaden< your base. You'll sell just as many copies, and your arbitron book won't go down. Promise! In fact, they'll likely go up! Now is not the time for the typical polemist tactics. Leave that to lesser talents. Otherwise, you're just another right wing AM radio zealot (ho hum). Rise above the din. Think Win/Win.
Rating: 1
Summary: Demolishing A Very Poor Author...
Comment: This book earned a one star rating for the following reasons:
1. Flawed Appeasement Argument.
Hannity relies on a laughably outdated and inaccurate history concerning Neville Chamberlain's "appeasement policy" torward Hiter prior to WWII. He uses this as an analogy to set up his straw man arguments against his opposition. Although Chamberlain was criticized for appeasing Hitler immediately after the war by his detractors, we now know Chamberlain had no choice. Britain was not militarily ready to confront Hitler during Chamberlain's tenure as Prime Minister, as Britain was still engaged in the post-WWI rebuilding process. Chamberlain "appeased" Hitler as a stall tactic, while he worked feverishly to re-arm Britain to prepare for the inevitable confrontation. The modern, correct, and widely held account of Chamberlain's WWII appeasement policy borders on common knowledge. It is not a fringe view.
-> This fact largely negates the entire premise of his book, and renders it laughable. If you're up on WWII history, this argument alone makes Hannity look like a fool. Chamberlain's appeasement policy was simply the wrong analogy to cite in making his case. Frankly, he's insulting your intelligence, and his argument is predicated on the presumed ignorance of history of his audience.<-
2. Outright Lies
Nothing serves to discredit an author more than outright lies. Hannity does it twice. He twists the NYT piece he cites on page 22 by clearly taking quotes out of context to illustrate how the NYT held an anti-american view regarding our military action against the Taliban in Afganistan after 911. Simply, this NYT op ed says precisely the opposite of what Hannity leads you to believe. The second, well documented, outright lie concerns his blatantly out of context citation of a speech by Senator Dick Durban. This one's so bad it's worthy of Ann Coulter.
3. Cherry Picking
Of course, when one sets out to make the case that the GOP is always correct, and the Dems are always wrong - or vise versa, you're on shakey ground to begin with. Your only option in making such a case is to cherry pick those events which support your case, and completely ignore any fact that is contrary to your argument (This is the tactic employed by those UFO books...). Hannity ignores the Iran-Contra Scandal, Reagan's support of the Mujadeem, which morphed into the Taliban, Bush I's failure to get Hussein after Gulph I, Truman's decision to pull out of Korea, Nixon's decision to end Vietnam, Bush II's appeasement of the Saudi's to name just a few examples of republican appeasement, and failure to have the necessary "moral clarity" to confront and defeat evil, and see it through. One could just as easily cherry pick the examples I've cited and turn Hannity's argument around and point it at Republican leadership.
4. Straw Man
Hannity basically makes liberal "Straw Men" for a living. This is a poor form of argumentation whereby you intentionally frame the opposition's position in a very weak way (hence, "straw man") to be easily demolished. It's the bread-n-butter of virtually all right-wing AM radio zealots. DUFE is one big "Straw Man" case against democrats in book form. It amazes me anyone buys it - but the sales figures prove they do.
5. Trite
"Evil exists and it means to harm us." LOL! Really, Sean? Thanks for pointing this out. So, we're the Power Puff Girls and they're Mojo Jo Jo? Your argument sounds like it came from the Mayor of Townsville. Ya think it's really that simple? That's all it boils down to? What an estute observation. Gimme a break.
There is a case to be made in favor of neoconservativism and preemptive strikes against terrorists in the wake of 911. In fact, I'm in favor of this approach. But Hannity is either more concerned about book sales or simply doesn't have the wherewithal to pull it off. DUFE for reasons 1 through 5 is just bad. Laughable in fact to anyone who looks at it objectively. It IS entertaining, however, in a campy, unintentionally funny kinda way - like one of those movies on MST 3000. One look at the cover - Hannity's mug plastered in front of the statue of liberty, and you know what you're in for from the get-go.
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