Comments on: Right And Left http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/11/24/right-and-left-2/ n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:21:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: WRW http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/11/24/right-and-left-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19655 WRW Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:38:24 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7765#comment-19655 Kakutani's "analysis" (a hagiography of the foreign policy establishment) indeed illustrates mkdelucas' point about the narrowness of the public debate. Certainly, one can argue that a class of "realists" were ignored by the Bush crowd. But one can also argue that the notion of American hegemony was enshrined by Bush I and solidified by Clinton (after being given its pedagogical basis by Reagan.) The foreign policy elite that was virtually silent in opposing the Iraq War (and noticeably silent, including Scrowcroft and Zbig in challenging the false bases for it, not simply the methods) is now desperate to cast out the Bushies and exonerate themselves from responsibility. Indeed, Bush Iraq disaster has helped mask over the utter failure of Scowcroft and Zbig, etc., policies in the Balkans and the former USSR. If not for the failed war, more attention could be focused on the earlier failed war. While I'd rather have Scowcroft, etc., in charge than Libby, Addison, etc., lets not pretend they aren't all from the same party. Their criticisms of each other (even while agreeing on Russo-phobia) look like the sort of meaningless internal rivalries you used to see with the Left. Kakutani’s “analysis” (a hagiography of the foreign policy establishment) indeed illustrates mkdelucas’ point about the narrowness of the public debate. Certainly, one can argue that a class of “realists” were ignored by the Bush crowd. But one can also argue that the notion of American hegemony was enshrined by Bush I and solidified by Clinton (after being given its pedagogical basis by Reagan.) The foreign policy elite that was virtually silent in opposing the Iraq War (and noticeably silent, including Scrowcroft and Zbig in challenging the false bases for it, not simply the methods) is now desperate to cast out the Bushies and exonerate themselves from responsibility. Indeed, Bush Iraq disaster has helped mask over the utter failure of Scowcroft and Zbig, etc., policies in the Balkans and the former USSR. If not for the failed war, more attention could be focused on the earlier failed war.

While I’d rather have Scowcroft, etc., in charge than Libby, Addison, etc., lets not pretend they aren’t all from the same party. Their criticisms of each other (even while agreeing on Russo-phobia) look like the sort of meaningless internal rivalries you used to see with the Left.

]]> By: mkdelucas http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/11/24/right-and-left-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19649 mkdelucas Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:54:16 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7765#comment-19649 Well, when the intellectual spectrum is about two feet wide, what else is a public ideologue to do? Tell his audience, "yeah, business as usual"? Not a lot of page views in that. Well, when the intellectual spectrum is about two feet wide, what else is a public ideologue to do? Tell his audience, “yeah, business as usual”? Not a lot of page views in that.

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/11/24/right-and-left-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19603 Daniel Larison Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:57:36 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7765#comment-19603 No doubt. Her remarks on Bacevich's book prove that. That doesn't change the truth of the observation about Scowcroft and "Zbig." No doubt. Her remarks on Bacevich’s book prove that. That doesn’t change the truth of the observation about Scowcroft and “Zbig.”

]]> By: antrastan http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/11/24/right-and-left-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19602 antrastan Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:24:43 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7765#comment-19602 Kakutani is *such a hack*. Kakutani is *such a hack*.

]]> By: cbh8377 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/11/24/right-and-left-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19599 cbh8377 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:27:48 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7765#comment-19599 Ed Morrisey: Radical leftists = people who don't think exactly as I do on these issues. It's name-calling, not analysis, a rhetorical tactic some pundits specialize in (heck, one of NRO's finest based an entire book on it). Ed Morrisey: Radical leftists = people who don’t think exactly as I do on these issues. It’s name-calling, not analysis, a rhetorical tactic some pundits specialize in (heck, one of NRO’s finest based an entire book on it).

]]> By: Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Radicals! Socialists! Hardcore Leftist! Palling Around With Terrorists! http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/11/24/right-and-left-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19597 Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Radicals! Socialists! Hardcore Leftist! Palling Around With Terrorists! Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:42:07 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7765#comment-19597 [...] The silliness continues. [...] [...] The silliness continues. [...]

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