Comments on: Bethlehem Hath Opened Eden http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/01/10/bethlehem-hath-opened-eden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bethlehem-hath-opened-eden n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: neojacobitefromnewyork http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/01/10/bethlehem-hath-opened-eden/comment-page-1/#comment-26292 neojacobitefromnewyork Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:22:01 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=8062#comment-26292 -I think the WSJ's hiring of Thomas Frank(wrote What's the Matter with Kansas) in 2008 for a regular column is seen by many as a very small yet refreshing step to ideological diversity on the Journal's op-ed page. And there's also Mary Anastasia O'Grady(writes a column on Monday's about Latin America and she is a noteworty opponent of the war on drugs). Occasionly they run a non-neocon guest op-ed. -And Bisharat's point about border skirmishes not being a cause for massive invasion reminds me of the situation during the "Troubles" in Ulster. Even with hotzones on the border near South Armagh/Londonderry and not so secret support by the South Irish for The Provos in Ulster and the bombing campaigns on mainland Britain, the UK never massively retailiated on the South Irish's civilian population even while conducting a brutal counterinsurgency up North. Even Maggie Thatcher showed restraint. -I think the WSJ’s hiring of Thomas Frank(wrote What’s the Matter with Kansas) in 2008 for a regular column is seen by many as a very small yet refreshing step to ideological diversity on the Journal’s op-ed page. And there’s also Mary Anastasia O’Grady(writes a column on Monday’s about Latin America and she is a noteworty opponent of the war on drugs). Occasionly they run a non-neocon guest op-ed.

-And Bisharat’s point about border skirmishes not being a cause for massive invasion reminds me of the situation during the “Troubles” in Ulster. Even with hotzones on the border near South Armagh/Londonderry and not so secret support by the South Irish for The Provos in Ulster and the bombing campaigns on mainland Britain, the UK never massively retailiated on the South Irish’s civilian population even while conducting a brutal counterinsurgency up North. Even Maggie Thatcher showed restraint.

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