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April 30, 2007
Moran On Iraq
Armed Liberal at Winds of Change is all hot and bothered about Rick Moran's (they spelled his name wrong) suggestion that it was time to surrender to the Democrats and pull out of Iraq on the Democrat's time table. The Answer Man has an answer for Armed Liberal: Might I suggest joining:Then in comment #4 Glenn Wishard says that despite all Bush's deficiencies including the House of Saud, he is holding firm. My reply: Totally with you on this one.I'd love to hear the Democrats argue against Saint John. Cross Posted at Power and Control and at The Astute Bloggers posted by Simon on 04.30.07 at 08:28 AM
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Some leftists do indeed oppose spreading democracy. It's a form of imperialism, don't you know? Us spreading our freedom and participatory government at the tip of a bayonet to those poor brown people whose culture prefers tyranny. I've always found that the heart of liberalism is deeply racist. That's what the paternalism is all about--government should do for the little people what they can't possibly be expected to do for themselves--run their own lives. They struggle to impose it domestically, but often find that foreign policy is more fertile grounds because it is able to exploit America's default position of isolationism. tim maguire · April 30, 2007 11:48 AM "Some leftists do indeed oppose spreading democracy. It's a form of imperialism, don't you know?" Your post is a bit confusing. You say the left is deeply paternalistic to those "brown people," yet you applaud spreading democracy "at the tip of a bayonet." At first, "democracy" in Iraq was being done on our terms, not that of the Iraqis. Today, Iraq's government is a medium through which that country's strong factionalism (an evil to be striven against in our own Federalist Papers) is being furthered, usually violently. I don't think its "racist" to point out that Iraq in 2003 didn't have, pardon the expression, the classical values necessary for a well-functioning republic. It lacked the basic western sensibility like the former Nazi Germany did, or the basic civilizational flexibility that the former imperial Japan had in World War II. This is pure condescension, to think we can enforce democracy through brute force alone. Do not be surprised to find that "brown people" such as myself are not entirely impressed by such thinking. DU The Mechanical Eye · April 30, 2007 02:05 PM Post a comment
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