Comments on: IOW, WSJ Editorials Are Soul-less Idiocy http://mooretoons.com/2009/09/04/iow-wsj-editorials-are-soul-less-idiocy/ the mooretoons blog Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:39:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Barry Deutsch http://mooretoons.com/2009/09/04/iow-wsj-editorials-are-soul-less-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Barry Deutsch Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:18:58 +0000 http://mooretoons.com/?p=797#comment-653 Also, I hate the way they treat "opposition to war" as the same as "neo-isolationist," as if the only possible way of engaging with the world outside the US is with an invasion. But I do think they have a point. I don't really believe that conservatives, by and large, would be opposing Afghanistan if the same policy existed under a President McCain. And if it were the same policy under President McCain, then I bet we'd hear more and louder objections from Democratic party leaders. I agree that a lot of war opposition is principled. But partisan politics have a big effect, too. Also, I hate the way they treat “opposition to war” as the same as “neo-isolationist,” as if the only possible way of engaging with the world outside the US is with an invasion.

But I do think they have a point. I don’t really believe that conservatives, by and large, would be opposing Afghanistan if the same policy existed under a President McCain. And if it were the same policy under President McCain, then I bet we’d hear more and louder objections from Democratic party leaders.

I agree that a lot of war opposition is principled. But partisan politics have a big effect, too.

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