21 January 2006

Monochotomy watch

[source, source]

Though never mentioning President Bush by name, Clinton strongly criticized the current administration’s policy toward Iran. “I believe that we lost critical time in dealing with Iran because the White House chose to downplay the threats and to outsource the negotiations,” [Senator Hillary] Clinton said.

So it’s “unilateralism” if the USA leads and “outsourcing” when we let our putative allies take the lead. I think I need a word for this kind of thing, because it happens so often. Perhaps “monochotomy” because it turns a dichotomy into a single “you’re wrong” non-choice.

Posted by orbital at 5:49 PM | View 0 TrackBacks | Trackback URL