Perhaps you never bothered to notice, but the rabid belligerant nationalists and neoconservatives that attack the left for their anti-war stance HAVE been attacking The American Conservative and Buchanan for years for it’s anti-war stance and have been smeared just like we have. Way back in 2003, David Frum wrote an article in The National Review primarily directed against Buchanan and TAC called—wait for it—”Unpatriotic Conservatives.”
But the antiwar conservatives have gone far, far beyond the advocacy of alternative strategies. They have made common cause with the left-wing and Islamist antiwar movements in this country and in Europe. They deny and excuse terror. They espouse a potentially self-fulfilling defeatism. They publicize wild conspiracy theories. And some of them explicitly yearn for the victory of their nation’s enemies.
It’s all nonsense, of course—TAC does not yearn for an American defeat any more than we do. If you guys haven’t been reading TAC for the last few years, you’ve really, truly been missing out on some of the best anti-war articles out there from the main (only?) consistent voice of reason among conservatives. If I may suggest a particularly good one from 2004:
The War Bin Laden Wanted: How the U.S. played into the terrorist’s plan
Looks like taking their ball and going home seems to the favorite tactics of Teh Nutz.
Freude,
He did not. Sorry.
TGH,
Let's see if Surber puts it up: http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsu.../#comment-
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Jimbo,
You know what to do. Now get to it.
And yet, Dada, for consistency sake, they should.
After all, didn't they go after Cindy Sheehan so hard when she even first spoke out?
They'd have a hard time going after Bacevich. The man is a Lt. Col, was a critic of the war long ago, and his son was killed in Iraq last spring.
Of course the hypocrisy is crushing, but Bacevich was never on their side in the first place.
Does accusing a general of being a political creature who's doing his boss' bidding equal calling him a liar and a traitor?
Yes. If a general provides political cover for the president by placing his forces in unecessary danger to implement a strategy that can't work, yes.
CG,
Lay is like a dead puppy lying in the driveway: a useless speedbump now, but loaded with wistful memories.
Ehhhhh, not so fast there, Jimbo...
Petraeus demonstrated that he is a political general of the worst kind
I realize that if the typeface is less than 28 points, you can't be bothered, but it behooves you to learn to read the fine print...
Let's see. Does accusing a general of being a political creature who's doing his boss' bidding equal calling him a liar and a traitor?
I suppose in some not-so-bright circles it does.
Someone should tell Leigh that a real Marine would never stain his half-inch-long dick with Cheetohs dust while typing "Semper Fi" with his nose.
HB,
Well, hell, it was for Max "Jumped on the cooler to save the beer" Cleland and John "Shot a Cong in the back" Kerry, right?
Meanwhile, show me one of those Protein swallowers who's actually fired a gun and killed someone, or sat on a grenade to save their buddies, and I'll show you someone who's confusing his life with Duke Nukem...
I just wonder what the warwhores will have to say about ol' Snoop-I-saw-the-banner-with-my-own-eyes ....
"I am ashamed for the Vets For Peace in that they have betrayed their Oaths Of Service and have gotten caught up in the emotional fervor of cowardice and they found a venue in which to color their "afraidness" a different color.
"I spit on them for betraying their oaths and those still fighting but are still fighting, going back for tour after tour. Cowardice under fire, when one is spineless, quits and whines and produces venomous rhetoric to mask their cowardice. Bravery comes to play when one is a coward or is scared and does it anyway because he or she knows that someone must do it and the costs of not doing it is far greater for all concerned.
"Peace Activists my ass."
Yes, ol' Snoop spits on the likes of Soltz, or McGough, because taking sharpnel to the brain is a sure sign of yellow-bellydness, or scaredy-catedness, or afraidiness, or something like that.
Is Cornyn gay, BT?
Poor Lay...tick tock indeed!
Let's see what your excuse is NEXT September for not serving...
ladies, just cleared meps! A few more letters and a PT test and I'm off to OCS in June. Wish me luck in getting accepted into the program! Semper Fi!
Tick Tock cyberman!
Dan Riehl? The world's stoopidest human being?
...it might take him a year to catch up...
I denounce it. They're douchebags.
Ah, but how do we know you're a real wingnut?
How is the echo-chamber today, kids? It is cute that blueballz banned me. Calling instaputz a putz is beyond the pale, huh? PUTZ
JD
Hey, look, it's ALPHABET BOY!
Watch anymore episodes of Sesame Street? I hear that "K" is a killer...
How are Jeff Goldstein's balls tasting today, JD? Extra salty?
Oh Dan, that simply won't fly!
You have to pummel your Congresswimp until he passes legislation condemning them!
Freude,
And done.
I denounce it. They're douchebags.
But they didn't make any puns on his name, you see...
What are you doing by linking to an anti-Semitic rag like this one? I guess it just confirms what Reynolds and others have said about you all along.
John Cole
That we're lovable pains in the ass?
The American Conservative is criticizing Petraeus for all the right reasons, and they are sincere.
MoveOn.org just hates America.
(/snark)
Hehe. Imitation trolls. That a new one!!!! NOT!!!
What are you doing by linking to an anti-Semitic rag like this one? I guess it just confirms what Reynolds and others have said about you all along.
Done.
Do it Actor - I'm writing a post now linking to this to encourage my readers (both of them) to leave the link at wingnut blogs. Should be good clean fun.
It looks like all we need to discredit the conservative movement are their own words.
Anything that's built so exclusively on hypocrisy is bound to have a mighty fall.
Oooh, we could post it over at Protein Winsome!
Left this link over at Special Ed's - we'll see if he approves the comment. Should be teh funny.
Will the right condemn "The American Conservative"?
No.
This has been another edition of Obvious Answers.
Seriously, most conservatives probably think "sycophant" is something erotic and heterosexual and can only be good.
I have a feeling that the conservative movement is losing it's grip on the crazies they used to get into power, and it's all unravelling.
Nothing on memeorandum yet - we should toss it into one of their cesspool blogs and see if they start frothing.
Alright, everyone! Let's all hold our breath!
Actually, don't. It's just my ploy to wait until you pass out and then steal your wallets.
Sorry about that.
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