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To: billbears
Frum's taking a well deserved beating on this one...and not just from the Lew Rockwell crowd. Novak tore him to shreds in his rebuttal. The ACU's David Keene slammed him big time yesterday. NR's leading "girly boy" has bitten off more than he can chew with this one.
11 posted on 03/26/2003 11:52:21 PM PST by GOPcapitalist
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To: GOPcapitalist
I beg to differ. I read Bob Novak's response to David Frum's essay and his remarks were intellectually weak. I also read David Keene's remarks and his overall response in defense of Novak was also very weak. However, just for the record, Keene does support the war with Iraq and the need to remove Saddam Hussein from power.

Frum offered a highly detailed account of how certain members of the conservative movement, are standing in stark opposition to the courageous efforts taken by President Bush and his administartion in finally taking the actions to rid the world of a the dangerous lunatic of Baghdad.

There has been a definite stench of disdain coming from remarks made by people like Novak, Buchanan and other paleocon's. This has been occuring for a long time and has been unwarranted. The fact that Novak and Buchanan now support the troops, doesn't give them a pass for acting so wrongheaded in the lead up to this war.

In fact, in Novak's most recent column, he once again makes remarks that don't ring true and continues to trash decisions made at the highest levels of the Bush adminstartion. In the lead up to the war with Iraq, I never heard one individual use the term "cakewalk". However, Novak now wants us to believe that's exactly what the Bush administration and the military brass were saying all along. That is pure BS! Novak also slams SecPowell for not flying to Turkey and begging the Turk's to alllow US forces to invade Iraq through Turkey, from the north. Novak also mentions remarks made by ex-general Barry McCaffrey, a Clinton appointee.

It's obvious Bob Novak is hurt deeply by David Frum's remarks and he should be. They're true. Novak and his fellow paleo's have been on the wrong side of this issue from the get go and it appears Novak wants to remain a voice of dissention. Novak is wrong on this one.

17 posted on 03/27/2003 9:24:31 AM PST by Reagan Man
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