great answer to peggy's quibbles in the Steyn column!
heehee Meg.. A very good read!
Steyn quoting you know who.
Fine, memorable words but let us not twist them to our immediate needs. There is only one way to read these words. They are reactive not proactive. They are a statement of our determination to defend liberty where it is under duress or threatened! It can simply not be cited as a paean to a swashbuckling march across contemporary history stamping out tyrants on every side.
Fevered enthusiasts can be forgiven for misapplication of the quote, Steyn cannot.
Thanks for the link to the Steyn article. It almost seems as though he was speaking to Peggy Noonan directly, mentioning the same metaphor about speaking softly and carrying a big stick.
for later