Comments on: The Road to Serfdom

By: Nathan P. Origer

Nathan P. Origer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:44:45 +0000

Tripp, I’m referring to the Kool-Aid the compels you to think that a war between an antagonistic Israel and an Iran that would be incredibly stupid to start such a war could possibly be our business.

Israel’s concerns are Isarel’s; ours are ours. They sometimes overlap, but with Bibi in control there, we should be wary of getting in any deeper than we are. I don’t want to be around when that neurotic s.o.b. pisses of Mahmoud or whoever ends up pretending to run that place.

By: Tripp DeMoss

Tripp DeMoss — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:57:28 +0000

Dude, what kool aid are you talking about? If I were trying to propose learned discourse on the theories of international relations on other conservative websites it would turn into some sort of circle jerk about the Bush doctrine. My advocacy of a partially interventionist foreign policy in areas relating directly to the national interest doesn’t make me a Sean Hannity lackey. That’s rather dismissive and ignorant, intellectually speaking. I read and get great ideas from across the spectrum of conservatism and libertarianism, and just because I might find some parts of the justifications for our current actions overseas logical and desireable doesn’t make me some sort of bloodthirsty 21st century Godfrey de Bouillon “neo-con” crusader type. Sure, I’m not a realist, per se, but I’m not some reformed ex-communist hawk either. The issues of foreign relations pertaining to the rabid bellicosity of certain places in the Middle East are a bit too poignant for me to say “You know what?Let’s just stay out of it-we don’t want to piss people off,right?”. I don’t live in political la la land and honestly think foreign entanglements won’t come to us, especially considering large amounts of people with relatively good military technology who are only motivated by the desire to re-establish a worldwide caliphate and who don’t care if they die in the process. Something has to be done about that.

By: George Hawley

George Hawley — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:51:08 +0000

Hold on, let me get out my Neocon dictionary … ah yes, here it is:

“anti-Semite [an-tee-sem-ahyt], noun: A person who has ever questioned Sean Hannity’s foreign policy proposals.”

Sorry Jack, you’re clearly an anti-Semite.

As penance, you need to write 100 posts arguing that if Obama doesn’t immediately nuke Tehran, he’s exactly like Hitler and Jimmy Carter (which is redundant, because Carter is also exactly like Hitler).

By: Nathan P. Origer

Nathan P. Origer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:19:28 +0000

Tripp, please, man, for your own good, lay off of the Kool-Aid. You’ve reached a point at which I’m not sure anything but a snarky reply suffices.

By: Tripp DeMoss

Tripp DeMoss — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:59:03 +0000

So a Jewish person who’s anti-Zionist? Well, now I’ve heard everything.
And George- you’ve almost got it right. Fascism means war, so you must prepare to defend yourself against it, and to go to war with it to protect yourself in many cases. Here’s the scenario- Iran gets a nuke, fires it at Israel, and hits Tel Aviv. What does the US do? The solution that would be trumpeted here would be “well it’s their problem and we’re safe in our hemisphere blah blah blah”. That seems to defy logic in my opinion. All I’m saying is that the US should retaliate in that situation. It’s in our nation’s interest to prevent the destruction of the state of Israel in that situation.

By: Nathan P. Origer

Nathan P. Origer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:43:28 +0000

Yeah, Patrick, I’m pretty sure that, rather than WASP anti-Semite, Mr. Ross is, well, Jewish.

By: George Hawley

George Hawley — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:15:51 +0000

“Besides,since when can nations live with fascism, be it leftist or nationalist in nature? Fascism means war- it is a part of it, it is indistinguishable from it.”

So … we must go to war with “fascism” because “fascism means war.” And, uh, war is bad, so we need to go to war against it, and we need to continue going to war against fascist war until there is no more war. Otherwise, “western institutions” will not be safe for “all people.”

Gotcha.

By: Patrick J. Ford

Patrick J. Ford — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:51:15 +0000

I can’t say this absolutely, but I am pretty sure Jack Ross is far from a WASP anti-Semite…

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