The Treason of Useful Idiots

This is meant to be a book review of TREASON, by Ann Coulter, and USEFUL IDIOTS by Mona Charon. It may be absurd to begin with a digression, but indulge me. I was reading, of all things, a review of the 1980’s toy-selling cartoon THE INHUMANOIDS, when, in the middle of a description of the science-fiction battles against giant monsters, I come across this paragraph:

>>we cut to a Russian military base… And the higher-ups on the base demand that the ships in the fleet launch depth charges instead of trying to signal or identify the strange object that just appeared on their radar. An old 80’s cartoon standby, the Evil Empire. Does anyone else remember the October Guard on GI Joe?

I am aghast. Apparently this writer forgets that about the same time when this cartoon was written, a Korean passenger liner was shot down when it crossed over into Soviet airspace, with no attempt made by the Soviets to signal or identify the plane. An act of appalling barbarism, one the Soviets denied doing until proof surfaced. It happened in real life, not a cartoon.

Imagine, dear reader, coming across someone reviewing, let us say, a movie or a comic from the 1940’s, and reading these words:

>>We cut to a Nazi German military base. And the higher-ups on the base demand that the ships in the fleet launch depth charges instead of trying to signal or identify the strange object that just appeared on their radar. An old 40’s cartoon standby, the Evil Master Race. Does anyone else remember the Aryan Knights from Buck Rogers?

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