[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Liberals today proudly take credit for Truman’s and Kennedy’s roles in containing communism, but they prefer to forget that, for the last half of the Cold War, liberals used “cold warrior” as an epithet.

In 1992 I labored, in fury, to find a response to the Democratic rebuttal of the Republican Convention's claim of having won the Cold War, "but Democrats fought in Vietnam just like Republicans did!" In Vietnam, yes. But after 1972, it is exactly as Krauthammer says. "liberals used 'cold warrior' as an epithet."

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

after 1972, it is exactly as Krauthammer says. "liberals used 'cold warrior' as an epithet,"

and Ronald Reagan led us to transcend communism.

And that should be the epitaph of the Kerry '04 campaign.

[okie01]

"Then there are the liberal internationalists. They like to dream, and to the extent they are aware of our unipolar power, they don’t like it. They see its use for anything other than humanitarianism or reflexive self-defense as an expression of national selfishness."

There is, I think, another reason why liberals don't like our unipolar power. Krauthammer is too civil to mention it, but I will:

Liberals know that, entrusted with such power, they would assuredly abuse it. Consequently, they assume others would, as well -- especially the "evil" conservatives.

Thus, the liberal objection to American unipolar power is based upon a projection of their own moral weaknesses.

In their innermost selves, liberals intrinsically know they should not be entrusted with power -- no matter how desperately they seek it. And they are right...

[okie01]

"Then there are the liberal internationalists. They like to dream, and to the extent they are aware of our unipolar power, they don’t like it. They see its use for anything other than humanitarianism or reflexive self-defense as an expression of national selfishness."

There is, I think, another reason why liberals don't like our unipolar power. Krauthammer is too civil to mention it, but I will:

Liberals know that, entrusted with such power, they would assuredly abuse it. Consequently, they assume others would, as well -- especially the "evil" conservatives.

Thus, the liberal objection to American unipolar power is based solely upon a projection of their own moral weaknesses.

In their innermost selves, liberals intrinsically know they should not be entrusted with power -- no matter how desperately they seek it. And they are right...