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Monday, April 03, 2006We periodically direct people to the Conservative Observer, where our venture in Iraq is opposed from the right. There is also sober criticism of the war to be found on the left, though sparingly and in small pockets.A central problem, though, with the anti-war movement of today is its near complete failure to recognize the existence of evil outside the confines of America's borders, not to say the White House. When one proposes that George W. Bush is the true monster, ipso facto Saddam is an innocent victim, the expectation of being taken seriously is too much to ask. I am a conservative libertarian and have no intention of running with the anarcho-socialist crowd. Hell, I support what we're doing in Iraq and see the case for doing the same in Iran, even if I am tired of ugly newspaper headlines and prattle about Bushitler. But, from the anarcho-socialist side, there is an effort - however small - to purge the nutcases who define enslavement to the bureaucratic left and unconfessed fear of the Islamists as necessary to freedom from the Bushitlerian monster. Here it is, sober, cynical but wholly clear-eyed about how much evil the world can actually hold... The World Can't Wake. A sample passage: To oppose the carnage in Iraq while marching under the auspices of those who espouse authoritarian dogma is a sign both of cognitive dissonance and ethical bankruptcy. And for those protesters who will splutter in righteous indignation at anyone who impugns their militancy, it is worth pointing out that the question of ends and means also includes the matter of whose cause one associates with, and not merely whose war one opposes.As I say, this ain't my crowd. But the authors are at least aware that being anti-Bush at all costs - including the cost of one's reason - is not an option for those who want a better world and don't think the Bush administration has the right approach to getting there. 
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