Neoconservatives defend the use of American power almost entirely in terms of American interests, while the liberals defend the use of American power in the service of liberal ideals.
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White House betrayal.
“The naming of an undercover agent is a reprehensible, dangerous, and disloyal crime.”
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High crimes and misdemeanors?
Did administration officials disclose the identity of an undercover CIA officer to a journalist?
President Bush talks about his faith and the war in Iraq.
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War on euphemism.
“We are not at war with Terrorism.”
“There isn’t a country in the world that shouldn’t have to stand up to criticism. Jews would just like to know that everybody else is being held to the same standards.”
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Indefensible.
Morality is not a fancy name for “by any means necessary.”
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Inexcusable.
The married father of two young children who became a suicide bomber.
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Beirutification.
“America has created … precisely the situation the Bush administration has described as a breeding ground for terrorists.”
“The reliance on historic analogies is an evasion of the particular, indeed novel, political complexities that face us now, complexities that have emerged since (but are not solely the result of) September 11.”