Thursday, April 29, 2004

“Tu Quoque”

I don’t often stop by Steven Den Beste’s site, but when I stopped by Aaron’s Rantblog today, he recommended taking the time to read one of Den Beste’s posts filed as “The Truth Is…”.  So I did.  A couple of excerpts from Den beste’s post.

“For instance, The Truth Is… that “liberals” who suddenly have started talking about reintroducing the draft are not in the slightest concerned with military readiness, and do not believe that filling out the army with draftees is an essential step in winning the war. What’s actually going on is that they know that one of the biggest reasons that the people of America ultimately turned against the Viet Nam war was because it was being fought primarily by draftees. And one of the biggest reasons why America’s college campuses were particular focal points for anti-war activism was because it was men that age who were being drafted.”

Also this.

“The Truth Is that many of them recognize that the primary justification for our invasion was to gain the opportunity to establish a liberal democracy there, in hopes of infecting the entire region with liberal ideas (using “liberal” in its traditional meaning) and of “destabilizing” the entire region. They recognize that to be dangers to themselves or to close friends of theirs, and hope to prevent it. If Iraq disintegrates into civil war, or if it is once again ruled by a brutal dictator, then the Iraqi people will again suffer but these leaders would all heave a sigh of relief. (And who knows? They might even be able to get back onto the gravy train again.)”

And there is plenty more to read by clicking the link, above, to Den Beste’s post.

Posted by John Venlet on 04/29 at 01:05 PM
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