Monday, December 01, 2003
Liberalbatross
Thomas Friedman, ultraleft anti-Bushie extraordinaire, had an extremely good take on Iraq in yesterday's New York Times (free membership required). It reminded me how the political left used to be the ones opposing dictators and supporting human rights abroad, demanding more resources and money overseas, and the overthrow of murderous tyrants. Now most "liberals" are ironically anti-liberation, passively (or actively) pro-dictatorship, viciously anti-semitic, and unable to see more than two chess moves ahead with regards to foreign policy.
If there was a Democratic candidate who was running on the human rights principle that we should be doing more to help the Iraqi people, not less (as all nine current Democratic candidates are advocating), they'd have a good chance of getting my vote. (I have pretty adamant disagreements with Bush on some other big issues, after all.) But as long as the so-called "liberals" keep saying things like "but how can we afford to help the suffering abroad when our 80 year olds need free perscription drugs," I'll choose to vote for someone whose positions and actions don't convey such indefensible selfishness.
Thomas Friedman, ultraleft anti-Bushie extraordinaire, had an extremely good take on Iraq in yesterday's New York Times (free membership required). It reminded me how the political left used to be the ones opposing dictators and supporting human rights abroad, demanding more resources and money overseas, and the overthrow of murderous tyrants. Now most "liberals" are ironically anti-liberation, passively (or actively) pro-dictatorship, viciously anti-semitic, and unable to see more than two chess moves ahead with regards to foreign policy.
If there was a Democratic candidate who was running on the human rights principle that we should be doing more to help the Iraqi people, not less (as all nine current Democratic candidates are advocating), they'd have a good chance of getting my vote. (I have pretty adamant disagreements with Bush on some other big issues, after all.) But as long as the so-called "liberals" keep saying things like "but how can we afford to help the suffering abroad when our 80 year olds need free perscription drugs," I'll choose to vote for someone whose positions and actions don't convey such indefensible selfishness.
