Radley's remarked at Andrew Sullivan's straw man fest, as Sullivan has been pointing out all of the dopey hard Left responses to Saddam's capture. Radley's taken the high road, pointing out many of the thoughtful, lucid responses by anti-war bloggers.
But I'll take the low road. How about this self-indulgent chattering from The Corner's John Derbyshire? After calling Saddam's capture a "wonderful Christmas present for all Americans" (seems more like a gift to Iraqis, no?), he laments the facts that we didn't shoot Saddam in cold blood, and that we won't be sexually assaulting Saddam's wife.
Derbyshire has been one of the most strident opponents to the equal treatment of gay people. Perhaps Mr. Derbyshire is the one "outside of the mainstream", to judge by his own words.
Mr. Logan,
This may be the first time that I've been to your weblog. (I followed the link here from a comment you left at Gene Healy's blog.) I like what I see here - it's good to see opposition to the Iraq war and the neoconservative agenda in the Blogosphere, from somewhere other than the Left. My blog has become somewhat-known within the past year or so for having strongly opposed the Iraq war, but from a conservative, Republican perspective. I don't have the chance to look around much here now (I have a ton of overdue work due for this semester, that I still need to turn in, and I don't have much time for being on the net); however, it looks like you have an excellent site. Thank you for your viewpoints and work. Please keep it up... Thanks!
Posted by: Aakash | December 17, 2003 at 07:45 PM