Why I Left the Anti-War Right

FrontPageMagazine ^ | 2/09/04 | Anthony Gancarski

[weegee]

I started to wonder -- is my opposition to the US action in the Middle East, however noble and well-intentioned it seemed to me, actually playing into the hands of America’s enemies, strategic adversaries, and economic competitors?

This cuts to the heart of the matter of what a "useful idiot" is. One who provides aid and comfort to your enemies even if it is under a misguided notion of being right. "Red dupe" is another term although it is seldom used these days.

[jocon307]

This author sounds completely confused and dangerously malleable. He seems to have changed his political views completely at least three times in three years. And anyone who thinks Noam Chomsky has anything at all of value to say is just being silly.

[beckysueb]

This is why I love conservatives. They are so down to earth and plain spoken. The guy who wrote this article lost me after the 1st paragraph. What the heck is he trying to say in simple terms?

[swilhelm73]

What the heck is he trying to say in simple terms?

To boil it down, he hooked up with the Anti-War "Right" and found that they were perfectly willing to support the worst scum and villany the hard left had to offer - Moore, Dean, Clark, Cockburn, etc.

So he finally put two and two together and realized the Anti-War "Right" isn't right (as in rightwing) or remotely right (as in correct).

[gobucks]

"I have too much time on my hands."

[dennisw]

bttttttttttttttt

[prion]

Yeesh. This guy has all the intellectual steadiness of a pinball. Welcome to our side...I guess.

[Hardastarboard]

This moronic, over-wrought, over-wordy rant makes listening to Aunt Margaret's hour long discourse over why she left her first husband thirty years ago seem positively riveting. No wonder he gets $25 per article. With this guy's inability to be concise, he's working for about .0000000025 per word.

[JasonC]

He's wrong, he hasn't got his credibility back. He never had any, and he still doesn't. I am glad he has seen the error of his previous ways, and he is able to write english sentences. But he can't seem to think his way out of a paper bag. It is not a very exacting qualification to have not been an idiot about this stuff for the past two years, and he doesn't clear even that bar.

[JasonC]

That the paleo-right are such sore losers they've thrown in with the commies because at least they bash Bush. He hadn't figured that out until quite recently, because they paid him. Oh and because he is not all that bright.

[wita]

and I would say I'm not holding my breath that he can find
"our side" without considerable help.

[1rudeboy]

I simply have to read this later. Chomsky, Raimondo, dare I say Buchanan? What a group of All-Stars.

[the_Watchman]

Maybe FrontPage pays more than $25 per column?! :)

He just can't bring himself to say the obvious in a direct manner: Those who he found to be in opposition to the war were anti-Jew racists and left-wing nuts.

[Gracey]

And recently Noam Chomsky spoke to the United Nations Correspondence Association where he received a Medal... I believe, having to do with his book Hemogony & Survival.. Quest for Global Dominance. He is a first class commie/socialist. When he was asked how Bush could have won the election in 2000, Chomsky commented that the Presidents platform was all about Religion and Guns. I couldn't believe my ears. This was on C-SPAN and I'm sure will be repeated.

This country is full of leftists... that much I know. Time to send them to France and Germany in exchange for their capitalists.

[Drango]

For a guy who claims to be from the right, he sure spends a lot of time in the enemy camp.

[elli1]

I'm underwhelmed by this totally & hopelessly confused little wad of silly putty. He ends the article by saying he has his credibility back. What a guffaw. Here's a little piece of career advice, Tony buddy--try your hand at penning mindless sit-com scripts; the political pool is too deep for you.

[mylife]

Jatsuzz!! That was a painful twisted tale of woe!

[risk]

This country is full of leftists... that much I know. Time to send them to France and Germany in exchange for their capitalists.

So A.F. and M.D. What are you waiting for?

:)

[wgeorge2001]

An anti war right? HA. More like a seminar(neo con liberals) right.
I reckon.