Digby on Conservative Progression and Conservative Progressives:
How a country like the US can support freedom and democracy, and what tools should be used, is a valid question. There has always been the problem of a mighty superpower seeming to throw its weight around having the effect of creating a certain human resistance to its influence. Nobody has an easy answer to that question, but most liberals believe that the best, if not perfect, hope lies in international law and institutions.Riverbend at Baghdad Burning has another friend killed as Baghdad splinters apart.
But, honestly, anybody who thought that it was a good idea to illegally (and virtually unilaterally) invade and occupy a middle eastern nation that had not attacked anyone, in the name of freedom and democracy was nuts. (To compound the error by thinking that you could use torture and humiliation in the process and still somehow be seen as a valiant liberator is simply mind-boggling.) If there is ever a case in human events in which you cannot adopt an "ends justify the means" philosophy it's in the realm of spreading liberal values. The minute you do it, you have defeated yourself.
This was not a difficult thing to understand for those who actually believe in liberal values. It seems, however, to still elude those who for the last decade, at least, have been swinging wildly from one position to the other without even pausing for breath.
War being pushed at GOPUSA: The world stands on the brink of world war and the battle lines could not be more evident....
GAO: Bush has still not developed a coherent plan for Iraq.
"God's Sugar Daddy" Religious school discount coupon proponent James Leininger has spent millions trying to buy political power in Texas.
Earth Heating Up? - Conservative think tanks raking in energy bucks - "Hell No"
David Neiwert loses Ranger Ron. Earlier he adds his voice to the warnings about neo-Nazis in the military as the Pentagon struggles with manpower goals.
Have you made the neo-fascist Target of Opportunity list yet? Meanwhile, has your local petting zoo or Sears made Homeland Security's terror target list?
Beirut in flamesBehind the Israel Crisis, A Push Toward War
The Neocon view - Bush is patiently giving Iran a chance before he attacks.
Israel Blockades, Bombs Lebanon While Hezbollah Rains Rocket Fire
"What do I think personally?" asked Munzir Baram, a 40-year-old Lebanese making his way across a partially repaired bridge spanning the green-tinted Damour River. "It's going to get a lot, lot worse."U.S. - Iran UN action following Iraq pattern. That would put strikes somewhere after Labor Day to early next year.
"This is taking us back 20 years to the Lebanon war," said Rachel Ronen, 54, whose accounting firm was left a shambles by the morning rockets that hit 15 minutes before her secretary was due for work. Asked what Israel should do in return, Ronen, her eyes red from weeping, said, "Hit them."
Airstrikes on Lebanon kill more than 50
After spending the weekend urging more civility the right wing internet had an orgy of hate speech after being called hypocrites.
Parents lying to get their kids into church schools
And that is how the world is going to Hell the last few days, unless you are one of those few saying I'm so excited, the Rapture and the Bridegroom draws nigh. That's so gay....
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