Thursday, December 09, 2004
Liberals, Terrorism and the Manly Urge
Josh Marshall, who thinks rationally about 65% of the time but who was one of the many, many "war liberals" who rushed to back Bush's invading Iraq, tries to explain himself (and by extension Peter Beinart) by accusing the invasion's opponents of not really wanting to fight the war on terror.
Excuse me, Josh, but as David Neiwert has already pointed out, that's just so much bullshit.
We did indeed want to fight the war on terror. That's why we didn't want to waste time, lives and money hitting the wrong goddam target just because the known forger and convicted embezzler Ahmad Chalabi sold his buddies at PNAC a bill of goods.
Face it, Josh: It's all about the Manly Urge, isn't it?
Don't wanna look like those damned patchouli-scented, femmy, weakling HIPPIES, now, do you? Even though they, those unwashed louts, without any of your Beltway connections, were right -- and you were wrong.
Over one hundred thousand people are dead, millions injured, starving, made homeless, all because certain people wanted to look manly.
God damn it.
Oh, and as for those of you out there who still wonder about how liberals would fight a war on terror, go take Pericles' Terrorist Strategy 101: A Quiz. The results should be enlightening.
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