The Fog of Peace

The Weekly Standard ^ | 09/30/2002 | David Brooks

[Texasforever]

See post #45

[Luis Gonzalez]

No, you're worse than a liberal, you're a fool.

You want the attack on 9/11 to go unaddressed until such a time when YOUR particular set of priorities are dealt with.

You want the resources of the US NOT to be directed at bringing to justice the people responsible for murdering 3,000 innocent civilians, but instead used to round-up people picking tomatoes and oranges.

You want to lie about the reason why US businesses are going overseas in order to promote your agenda. They're going over seas because the wages are cheaper there.

And what we're doing there is going after the enemy in their home turf. After all, isn't that what they did?

Yeah, you're worse than a liberal. At least, they're honest about their idiocy.

[COB1]

"Peacenicks aren't Conservatives."

Hello, dear friend!!

I was going to make a post supporting that same statement, but I see you're on board, and the situation is well in hand.

[nopardons]

Hello, my dear !

Thanks ... I do my bit . :-)

[nopardons]

Holy C-O-W !

I knew that FR had gotten bad ( as in utterlt dumbed down and infiltrated ) ; however, that is shocking !

[nopardons]

Hear, hear ; well said Luis .

[Cachelot]

As for your nuclear bomb aniexty, I suggest you move out to the country

I can see you found a solution and implemented it. You must have, since you obviously live under a rock. The question is: why do you feel you have to crawl out from under you rock to wave a red banner here?

[Cachelot]

When those Iraqi troops come over the hill towards my house, then I'll be convinced

How about when your wife drops dead from a case of engineered West Nile out of Iraqi weapons labs?

Let's just hope you didn't get around to produce offspring. The world doesn't particularly need more molluscs.

[A_perfect_lady]

Opposing a war doesn't make you a liberal.

It does if your main reason for opposing it is that someone somewhere might make money off it.

[A_perfect_lady]

In other words, don't go after the perp - just alter YOUR lifestyle. Just give up the American dream of living where you choose. Live like a victim. Whatever you do, don't disturb a ruthless dictator who has pledged our destruction. Great idea.

What he's saying in real terms is even worse. If one person "moves to the country" to avoid a terrorist attack, that's living like a victim. But if we ALL "move to the country", that is, abandon our cities, what would it do to the economy? It would be seriously, seriously compromised. Imagine the market's reaction to mass evacuations. I think what he's saying is "if we destroy our country ourselves, then maybe the envious won't be so keen to destroy it for us!" And yes, essentially, this is the hallmark of the left wing "thinker."

[joeyman]

You want the resources of the US NOT to be directed at bringing to justice the people responsible for murdering 3,000 innocent civilians, but instead used to round-up people picking tomatoes and oranges.

Look Luis, that's what Afganistan was all about. Iraq did had nothing to do with the attack. You are getting the two confused.

Finally, I want to say to all who answered my remarks with such venom and passion, I think you people need to personally participate in this war. Based on the intensity of the comments you'd think I was telling you the religion you have believed in all your life and every value you have ever had and everything you have ever done was false. Maybe opposing this war represents each of these things to you people. It is an irrational position and I will not argue it further.