for several years now much of the theorizing about the wider world in the american press has been a parade of the absurd. but we've reached a whole new level of absurdity when the weekly standard claims that eritrea may pose a threat to the u.s.
sometimes i think conservative publications spend all their time dreaming up new ways to get their readers to shit their pants with terror. maybe all the usual boogiemen were starting to get a bit stale.
(via yglesias)
