[lbo-talk] Buckley throws in the towel on Iraq

[Jim Devine]

>The end of the Soviet Union "deprived us of an enemy," says Irving
Kristol, the intellectual godfather of neoconservatism. "In politics,
being deprived of an enemy is a very serious matter. You tend to get
relaxed and dispirited. Turn inward." Notorious for his
self-confidence, Kristol now confesses to a sad bewilderment in the
post-communist world. "That's one of the reasons I really am not
writing much these days," he says. "I don't know the answers."<

of course, one of the points of the neo-cons is to create a new enemy
for the conservatives to oppose. This helped create a coalition to
invade Iraq. Now that this effort has turned into toxic dust, what's a
neo-con to do?
--
Jim Devine / Bust Big Brother Bush!
"To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice." -- 
Ambrose Bierce, Devil's Dictionary.