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George Bush just compared Iraq to Vietnam as an argument to stay. (Analysis by hilzoy.)

Is criminal incompetence an impeachable offense? Please?

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[peri-renna.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting thought. Are there that many non-Republican hawks, though? Actually, I take that back. I remember that bit about 'nation-building' in the 1999 debates - there are probably a lot of liberal hawks. Are there that many non-Republicans who would switch parties based on this sort of delusion?

[alchemi.livejournal.com]

I think the interesting question is whether they remain hawks. The New Republic, which was a 'liberal' magazine deeply supportive of the Iraq war for mostly liberal hawkish reasons, has mostly backed off into something closer to traditional liberalism (they are still more open about using the military, but appear chastened about using it preemptively or to try to shape the world). Peter Beinart famously backtracked (probably to salvage some credibility).

I think there was a significant strain of liberal hawk prior to the war, but the consequence has not been the shift towards Republicans (other then Lieberman), but instead a shift away from hawkishness.

(I think the Republicans are aiming more at moderate or uninformed hawks - the type of person who doesn't vote much, maybe hasn't voted republican because they dislike the religious right, but whose view of America was formed by the cold war and instinctively and emotionally likes a 'strong' country).

[alchemi.livejournal.com]

This also had me re-reading this (http://www.slate.com/id/2093620/entry/2093641/), amazed at how dumb these people were (and these were the 'leftists').