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Re: Tuesday, August 13, 2002
I like Andrew Sullivan a lot. He's one of the "must read" conservatives that liberals like myself need to keep up with. I've been a fan ever since Sullivan edited the New Republic, which were its glory days. Sullivan has some surprising opinions. For example, he's way to the left of most Americans, liberals or conservatives, on gay issues -- if only the right would listen more close to him. Sure, Sullivan himself is gay, but hardly any other conservative gays think as clearly as Sullivan on the issues. Unfortunately, on Iraq he's just another drum-beater. From Doc's quote above, this is a big overstatement: "It is no secret that Iraq is the prime potential source of such weapons . . . " Actually, this remains a matter of huge debate: does Iraq really have WOMD any more? Scott Ritter, who's one of the people who should know, says not. See this Salon piece, which is fairly balanced on the matter of Ritter's quirkiness, but still rather persuasive on the fact that no disclosure of real evidence about Iraq's weapons capabilities has been made by the Bushies. We have nowhere near the justification yet to launch the U.S.'s first preemptive war. It's all Wag the Dog IMO. http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/19/ritter/
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