[veronica]

FYI.

[syriacus]

Thanks for posting this.

[EternalVigilance]

Ah, once again we have a sighting of that most elusive of creatures--the honest liberal.

Nice post.

[EaglesUpForever]

Wow, some good points. Underscores just how extremely far off base France, Germany, Russia, and much of the rest of the world is by claiming they're "pro-Peace." In fact, they were merely "pro-Status Quo" which is functionally "pro-Torture", "pro-Rape" and "pro-Dictatorship."

Another factor that tends to be left out of the Iraq debate (by the pro-Torture crowd) is the fact that we already had a war going on, a war that the US and Britain largely continued on behalf of the international community. That could not have been called "peace" either.

I get the impression the world is jealous of US power, and has scapegoated us out of pure jealous rage, without paying a moment's notice to the depth of the situation. And some "protestors" in this country are just dumb enough (and knee jerk anti-authority enough) to fall for the ravings of our jealous former fake allies. Sad, in the short term, but truth will win out in the end.

[headsonpikes]

"I wonder...what their[anti-war demos] support for the Iraqi opposition amounts to."

They'll go so far as to speak well of them once they're dead.

They're highly moral, don't you know?

[Revolting cat!]

Well, they were wrong on the Vietnam War too! We should ask these Johnny-come-latelys how come the North Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian Communist atrocities were hunky dory and the Iraqi ones aren't! (Yeah, yeah, I know that Hentoff is against abortion and for this and that, but...)

[Illbay]

Nat Hentoff: One of the few people about whom you may use these two words in the same sentence: "Honest Liberal."

[samtheman]

I hate to break it to him, but George Bush is doing this for all the right reasons.

[Dont Mention the War]

Nat Hentoff has always been that rarest of breeds: The honest liberal.

[Cicero]

The only thing I would disagree about is this: "The UN is crucial for feeding people and trying to deal with such plagues as AIDS."

This seems very doubtful to me. The UN food programs do nothing that individual nations and charitable organizations couldn't do more directly. In fact the UN takes a large rakeoff for expenses, and often has been accused of incompetence and corruption in these operations.

As for AIDS, it has been obvious for some time that distributing condoms and telling people to enjoy indiscriminate sex helps to spread AIDS, not prevent it. Wherever the UN population controllers and sex educators have gone, things have gotten much worse.

[MizSterious]

Very worthy read!

[giotto]

Bill Clinton refused to act as well, instructing the State Department not to use the word genocide because then the United States would be expected to do something

Clinton's failure to deal with Bin Laden, his failure to properly investigate OKC, TWA 800, Egypt Air, and so many other failures to act in the interest of national security, can all be chalked up to the same reason--He was afraid that, if international terrorism was the cause, he would have to do something about it. And Clinton the Spineless is pathologically incapable of making difficult decisions.

[JOE6PAK]

Good read....but Hentoff is STILL a commie.

[knighthawk]

Often, the executions have been carried out by the Fedayeen Saddam, a paramilitary group headed by Mr. Hussein's oldest son, 38-year-old Uday. These men, masked and clad in black, make the women kneel in busy city squares, along crowded sidewalks, or in neighborhood plots, then behead them with swords. The families of some victims have claimed they were innocent of any crime save that of criticizing Mr. Hussein.

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[OldFriend]

All the academic and useful idiot protestations are rooted in the hatred for our president, followed closely by a hatred of America and it's ideals.

[ellery]

bttt

[paltz]

Nat Hentoff has described himself as a "civil libertarian" However, since he writes for the Village Voice, he's considered their "right wing nut"