With such a prerogative title, one gets the impression Bienart doesn't really mean it. Sadly, it's clear that he does.
Prerogative = provocative. bad spell checker, bad.
“Let’s End American Dominance”
Let’s End American Socialist/Democrat/Obama Dominance
I thought this is part of Obama Agends
The last time America didn’t dominate the world as a superpower, 50,000,000+ people died in a world war.
This time it will be far worse.
This argument is so foul, so fundamentally evil, that words are not the proper response.
You do not make such an argument without being the commandant of a concentration camp.
If you make such an argument without being a commandant of a concentration camp, you deserve what you get.
Actually, if Vietnam had fallen easily in 1974 instead of later, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia would all be communists.
But never mind. He is spouting left wing talking points, and knows nothing about history.
These people feel nothing for this country.
I skipped to the end.
Journalism professor.
Enough said.
See...there is something we can agree on...
Ok, lets let the Neo-Soviets (Putin and Co) and Chicoms dominate the world.
Yes, let’s end American “dominance”.
Who needs America when we can enjoy such regimes as Lenin’s Utopia, or Hilters, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao, Amin, Baby Doc, Pot, Castro, Chavez.....
Liberal=Vichy
I guess we can file this one under “Don’t know much about history.”
I don’t know what Bienart was doing before 1989 that makes him remember the Cold War as a desirable state of affairs.
The century between Pax Britannica and Pax Americana was the bloodiest in human history. That Bienart is nostalgic for more tells you all you need to know about this lunatic.
You said it right. Unbelievable.
Beinart is the author of a book, The Good Fight: Why Liberalsand Only LiberalsCan Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again (HarperCollins, 2006). Drawing upon the work of the mid-century American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, Beinart argued that, paradoxically, the only way for America to distinguish itself from the predatory imperial powers of the past is to acknowledge our own capacity for evil. Acknowledging our own moral fallibility, Beinart argued, would lead America to embed its power within structures of domestic and international law. This, Beinart argues, was the great accomplishment of early cold war liberals like Hubert Humphrey, Walter Reuther and Harry Truman. The Bush administration, by contrast, carried on the tradition of right-wing anti-totalitarianismexemplified by cold war intellectuals like James Burnhamwhich warned that recognizing Americas fallibility would lead to crippling self-doubt.
Too bad these cold war liberals didn't acknowledge their moral fallibility when it came to domestic policy. Sure, it resulted in a few trillion dollars wasted and the destruction of the black family...but they meant well, right?
Also, although Burnham was a co-founder of National Review, he never renounced his earlier anti-totalitarian leftist beliefs. He left NR because of his opposition to the Vietnam war. So how does that amount to "right wing anti-totalitarianism"? Jeanne Kirkpatrick would probably be a better exemplar than Burnham of this policy.
This coming from the people who think the sea and air will obey their every command?
i believe he is trying to say that America needs to be like europe. aloof, uncaring... standing above, yet apart and disinterested in the struggles of the lower classes... i mean, third world countries whose people are struggling for freedom.
last i checked, that kind of stance is that of a coward. someone too afraid to get their hands dirty to do what’s right. someone that would continue walking if they saw a mugging, because they didn’t want to get involved. i know this type of person. the author is the kind of guy that went to college never having a real job. pampered their whole life and truly believes he is above those less fortunate. a person of privilege but no real life experience or wisdom.
sorry peter... i WANT my country to stand up for those that cannot stand up for themselves.
i WANT America to be the bastion of hope for all people around the world.
i WANT America to put down dictators and thugs. to stand between the light and the dark and make a difference.
and if it’s tough... if we lose people defending those less fortunate... so be it. would you put yourself in harms way to save another? of course you wouldn’t, peter... it’s not in you. thankfully, Americans are made of much sterner stuff and believe in integrity and honor. that’s what we did during WW2, and that’s what we’ll continue doing.
otherwise, we might as well be france.
oh yea... and peter... go pound sand, you fruit.
france is that way -—>
“Peter Beinart says we need not dominate the world to enjoy it.”
Lib talk for “I want my communist/racist friends to rule the world.”