Comments on: Ahmadinejad’s doing the Bush countdown, too

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:04:37 +0000

I'm trying hard not to feel the way you do, Richard... I'd so much rather that those elements of the Left, rather than believing we're actually that bad, instead recognize that with our tremendous wealth and ability to project power, we could be that bad. And the Precautionary Principle applies to that assumption: we must be led not into temptation, lest we do evil. And then the combination of undiscerning multiculturalism and moral ambiguity of the post-modern era kicks in, and we must assume that everyone who appears to be doing bad things has (a) good and understandable motives for doing whatever s/he's doing, (b) a point of view from which what s/he's doing makes complete sense, and (c) as much chance of being "right" as we do - or, better said perhaps, as little chance of being objectively right as we do. But either way, a mess, and a mess in which the U.S. comes out messiest.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:51:24 +0000

I believe that part of the left, which is to say some of Obama’s support, really believes that the US is so bad that any enemy is naturally justified in being an enemy.
And we are so bad that it would be a catastrophe if we were to prevail in any conflict.
So there is nobody so bad that the left won’t support or excuse him, nobody so bad that the left won’t undermine our efforts to deal with him.
Because, it is a given, we are so much worse.

By: mongoose

mongoose — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:27:52 +0000

If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, is the friend (Obama) of my enemy (Ahmadinejad) my enemy?

By: Daniel Stark

Daniel Stark — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:30:16 +0000

Exhibit A:

http://worldmeets.us/irannewsdaily000010.shtml