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February 09, 2005

NRO Writer Turns Anti-American Commie

Yes, folks, it's actually starting to sink in, even over at Neocon Review.

John Derbyshire comes out in favor of withdrawal from Iraq and in opposition to trying to remake the world in George W. Bush's image, opening with this fine quote from H.L. Mencken:

"We suffer most not when the White House is a peaceful dormitory, but when it is a jitney Mars Hill, with a tin-pot Paul bawling from the roof. Discounting Harding as a cipher, Coolidge was preceded by one World Saver and followed by two more. What enlightened American, having to choose between any of them and another Coolidge, would hesitate for an instant?"

Among many good paragraphs in this piece is this one:

I am — just bite down hard and say it, man — with Senator Edward Kennedy on this. I want U.S. forces to leave Iraq ASAP. If the place then descends into chaos, I'm fine with it. What's that you say? It would be awful hard on the Iraqis? Probably so. It would certainly be hard on those brave, civic-minded Iraqis — there are plenty of them — who would like to see constitutional government in their nation. However, there are people like that all over the world — there are scads of them in China, including some personal friends of mine. (To be a bit more precise, there are scads of them who are Chinese, though many now live in the West.) We can only do so much. God knows, we have done enough for Iraq, with blood and treasure. The rest is up to the Iraqis. If they make a pig's ear of it, that's a shame, but I can't see why it's our problem. There are lots of messed-up countries in the world. Iraq will be another one.

Derb may very well be looking for work soon.

(Thanks to the Antiwar.com blog for the link.)

Posted by Mike Tennant at February 9, 2005 10:27 AM

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