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RainDog

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14. I think Sullivan is part of the wonky generation whose time has passed.
Tue Dec 27, 2011, 05:55 PM
Dec 2011

he and neo liberals who came up around the same time all wanted to distance themselves from the 60s and social liberalism and the suggestion that pundits were never war hawks.

their support for various actions have demonstrated to me that their positions were wrong. especially the support for Iraq. - my view isn't confined to Sullivan - it also goes to "liberals" who made names for themselves as liberal hawks.

of course, they continue to hold jobs and make money even tho their positions were ruinous in many ways... we've yet to see if Bush Jr's all war all the time will lead us into the same sort of mess that has brought down other nations in other eras... the Soviets, the French monarchy...

the problem with their support for these things is that the default position for any govt will always be to make war in order to avoid fear of criticism if they don't.

...which is why I would never want to be part of the machinery of war. it's the folks in uniform that bear the brunt of these bad decisions and my heart goes out to them.

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