Lucille
03-14-2013, 12:43 PM
CPAC 2013: The War Party
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/cpac-2013-the-war-party/
National Harbor–For dissident conservatives hoping for any sign the GOP’s interventionist fever might be breaking sometime soon, the presence of a panel entitled ”Too Many American Wars? Should We Fight Anywhere and Can We Afford It?” on the main stage at CPAC might have given them some hope.
Alas, those hopes would be badly misplaced (and perhaps obviously so, given the names and pedigrees of most of the panelists). Quotations presented mostly without comment...
CPAC Hawks’ Bad History and Worse Foreign Policy
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/cpac-hawks-bad-history-and-worse-foreign-policy/
...When I saw reports that there would be a panel called “Too Many American Wars?”, the question mark should have tipped me off that the answer that most of the panelists would give would regrettably be, “No, let’s have even more.”
"Like vampires risen from the dead each night, these creatures who shun the light and feast on pain and suffering, are refreshed and ready to take wing again. What they seek is what makes them feel alive and energizes them to want more, and that is war. ... By such Machiavellian means have they managed to stay viable, in spite of the disasters they have wrought through the years – giving them more scope for fresh disasters yet to be imagined."
--Justin Raimondo (http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2008/02/13/the-monster-that-wouldnt-die/)
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/cpac-2013-the-war-party/
National Harbor–For dissident conservatives hoping for any sign the GOP’s interventionist fever might be breaking sometime soon, the presence of a panel entitled ”Too Many American Wars? Should We Fight Anywhere and Can We Afford It?” on the main stage at CPAC might have given them some hope.
Alas, those hopes would be badly misplaced (and perhaps obviously so, given the names and pedigrees of most of the panelists). Quotations presented mostly without comment...
CPAC Hawks’ Bad History and Worse Foreign Policy
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/cpac-hawks-bad-history-and-worse-foreign-policy/
...When I saw reports that there would be a panel called “Too Many American Wars?”, the question mark should have tipped me off that the answer that most of the panelists would give would regrettably be, “No, let’s have even more.”
"Like vampires risen from the dead each night, these creatures who shun the light and feast on pain and suffering, are refreshed and ready to take wing again. What they seek is what makes them feel alive and energizes them to want more, and that is war. ... By such Machiavellian means have they managed to stay viable, in spite of the disasters they have wrought through the years – giving them more scope for fresh disasters yet to be imagined."
--Justin Raimondo (http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2008/02/13/the-monster-that-wouldnt-die/)