Posted on 12/01/2008 4:50:05 PM PST by mojito
One further point about the ambiguities of the nascent Obama administration and his hiring of supposed ‘centrists’, a fact which has apparently caused many hitherto fearful and appalled opponents now to fling open their doors and windows to the new dawn with a spring in their step and a song in their hearts. What is not yet commonly understood is the emergence of what might be termed an ‘axis of appeasement’ which runs from left to right. In Britain, this became apparent straight after 9/11 and solidified as the Iraq war shaped the entire British political zeitgeist into 1930s-style defeatism. Coming from opposite ends of the political spectrum, left and right united over the issues of America, Israel and global Islamic terror.
Starting from the premise of evil American colonialism and imperialism and knee-jerk support for the third world against the west, the left demonised American exceptionalism, pre-emptive military defence of western interests, Israel and global Jewish power, all of which were blamed as the cause of Islamic terror. Starting from the premise that ‘abroad’ was a scary place it didn’t understand full of terrifying madmen who would leave us alone as long as we did what they wanted so we could pull up our drawbridge, the right demonised American exceptionalism, pre-emptive military defence of western interests, Israel and global Jewish power, all of which were blamed as the cause of Islamic terror.
The result has been that on foreign policy you can’t slide a cigarette paper between left and right, who all agree that the ‘centrist’ position to be taken by all sensible individuals is ‘engagement’, aka appeasement of those with unconscionable agendas who say in terms ‘we don’t want to talk to you -- we want to kill you’.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.co.uk ...
I am pretty sure this was already posted, but it is worth the read.
I think the rationale of the UK media, is looking and sounding more French-like every day....
What amazes me is the readiness of otherwise halfway rational republicans and sort-of conservatives to drink the centrist kool-aid.
Centrists are LIBERALS. All you need to know.
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