Stein is a lefty with the hormones to speak the personal truth, but still lacks the mixture necessary to speak the larger truth...which is the necessity of fighting this war. His tank is half-full, he carries a small purse.
Lefties who "support the troops" and not the mission are self-deluded as usual; they've substituted their version of "caring" for support. For one thing, well over 85% of the troops support the mission in Iraq and vote GOP, which makes the lefty meme impossible.
FYI...there's an interesting piece on Power Line by Hugh Hewitt..a partial transcript of an interview HH did with Stein. Priceless.
I don't quite know what to make of Steins comments. except that he is right about the people who say they support the troops but not the mission.
How about this 'lefties' we win the friggin war then come home.
That said, to people like Stein, where does he draw the line, what is worth fighting for, evidently not his country, nor the rights of any individual, who, regardless of ethnicity, have been enslaved.
We have found out from past administrations that terrorists, and dictators like Iraq and North Korea can not be bribed, or talked to and admonished with sanctions as Clinton and the UN tried because it comes back to bite you in the ass when you least expect. So the left continues to insist on living in there pre-9-11 fantasy world where all you have to say is 'give peace a chance'(never liked that long haired maggot anyway!)
We are a world power, we just can't ignore what is going on, and we can't secure our own borders so isolationism is not an option either.
Strange though Stein mentions Kosovo, where were all the leftist indignity when Clinton bombed from 40 thousand feet, like trying to kill a fly with a shot gun in a crowded room. But more importantly, what happened to Clintons promise to bring the troops home for Christmas, Hmmm,, that never seems to come up when the left is insulting the current President.
This is another reason why the left CAN NOT be trusted with the 'keys' to the Big car.
Mark is right. Stein doesn't give us an idea of which conflicts are worth fighting, and which aren't. Stein made a point about "imperialist America" (I think the quote is right) and glanced by Clinton's so-called "just" warmongering in Kosovo.
If Stein gets credit for being honest, he earns demerits for being a regulation delusional lefty (Leftist, LA Times, Disposable, Delusional, Size: Sm, One Ea), who has dislikes but no counterbalancing likes to explain them.
Read today that the UN is pulling its "peacekeepers" out of the Congo because a toddler put his thumbs in his ears and wagged his fingers at them. There might have been a "Boo", too. Massacres proceed apace. This is the world of Joel Stein. A world without cojone-heavy "imperialists".
Good evening, gentlemen,
Re: Stein, I don't think he views this as his country. I think he views the American military only in a positive light when it does something that is not facially in the national interest, i.e., Kosovo.
A great subplot of all of this is that we are seeing more and more with the confluence of the New Media and Leftist frustration that the Left is being more honest.
This is a great development, for lots of reasons. Not the least of which is the minting of many new conservatives.
I think you're right about that, DC. Leftists like Stein are Internationalists, Citizens of The World and all that crap. They've risen above the limitations of nationalism, which is itself a bad word. Take it apart, and it's just the snobbery of the chattering classes.
Stein isn't terribly bright, either. With more subtlety and courtesy, he's simply repeating what the Kossacks are saying, and the DU and MoveOn worms. However you wrap it up, it's the same.
Events will bury the Steins of the world, though. Just today Hamas won 70% of the vote in the PA. Iran proceeds with its nuke program, and so it goes.
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