> Pournelle was a big SDI supporter,
As was Niven, and Heinlein and (surprisingly to me) Benford--somewhere back home we've got a copy of "Mutual Assured Survival" with all their names on it.
> but against both Iraq Wars.
Wasn't it more or less on the grounds that it wasn't good for empire? Maybe I have this confused--they represent some of the better-written science fiction in a subgenre that I don't care for, and (wrongly perhaps, I grant you) I don't try to follow the gossip on him. (I'm still concentrating on when I'll be able to say unpopular things about Heinlein.)
> I have no idea what Niven's politics are --
> I don't see much indication of them in his books.
I don't read him much, but I've got the definite impression he's pretty far right.
> Niven does seem to have a weird view on sex -- the
> everpresent ship's prostitute and all the nonsentient
> females in his aliens. Kind of creepy.
As I said above.