Beating of Breasts and Wrending of Cloths at TNR

It does my heart good to see some second thinking at The New Republic. I like reading the magazine a lot. It represents the rightward end of my brain on most political issues, see my permalinks for the full spectrum. TNR is the voice of liberal hawks and laid out a good case for war with Iraq based on human rights and changing the status quo in the middle East. That said, Bush did not wage their war and they should righfuly feel screwed. In order to have a liberal hawk war you need a liberal hawk. Clinton became a liberal hawk, Gore would have been and Kerry should be. Bush will never be a liberal hawk and it is good for TNR to realize it. He invaded Iraq for his own reasons not TNR's and did so very badly.