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Appeasement may explain the thinking of the naive, pacifist left. But there are others on the left who have a Romanticist fascination with the Rebel. Muslim rejection and violence against Western culture fulfills these leftists' fantasies of rebellion. These are the types who wear Che Guevara T-shirts. There is always an admiration for anyone who revolts against the "system." Hence the secret admiration of Islamofascists.

This is apparently nothing new.

Last night Instapundit linked to an article about Ned Lamont's grandfather...a well-known "fellow traveller". Here's an excerpt:

In 1952, Corliss Lamont wrote in “The Myth of Soviet Aggression”:

The fact is, of course, that both the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations, in order to push their enormous armaments programs through Congress and to justify the continuation of the cold war, have felt compelled to resort to the device of keeping the American people in a state of alarm over some alleged menace of Soviet or Communist origin.

I was struck by how familiar it all sounded.

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Today's hard core LEFTIES are still using the old talking points from 1914, 1938, and the 1950s.

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The fact is, of course, that both the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations, in order to push their enormous armaments programs through Congress and to justify the continuation of the cold war, have felt compelled to resort to the device of keeping the American people in a state of alarm over some alleged menace of Soviet or Communist origin.

This argument carried no weight with the Leftist Romantic who admired the Soviet Union for its rebellious and revolutionary image. The Soviet Union was a threat, as Truman, Eisenhower, Reagan and all rational Americans knew.