Blame America First

[Adrian II]

This hinges on whether or not you believe the American peoples' masticatory abilities have any relationship to their fortitude.

The author decries their lack of masticatory 'willingness', not 'abilities'. He doesn't say they gave up chewing, he says they chose not to. And he deplores that choice.

The author's political leanings are probably further removed from Adrian's than they are from the Lemur's, but he has a point when he stresses the impression of weakness. That is an added burden, on top of the unsavoury choices Washington faces. And to make things even worse, Democratic leaders such as Senator Levin, Congressman Murtha and Speaker Pelosi are now demanding a timetable for withdrawal. Such timetables are Ye Compleat and Utter Idiot's Solution to Militarye Intervention.

*childlike voice: 'Master, may I recommend a heady Chianti to go with that tasty timetable?' *

[Sasaki Kojiro]

The author decries their lack of masticatory 'willingness', not 'abilities'. He doesn't say they gave up chewing, he says they chose not to. And he deplores that choice.

Nah, that's not really what he said. He said the scoundrels were rising on a tide of American weakness. You can't choose to be weak, you either are or you aren't. And the phrase is usually "bit off more than you could chew"; he changed "could" to "willing" in his article because it's he knows we could chew it. He's saying the decision was made out of weakness when for many people it's simply a cause they don't believe in.