With friends like these, who needs enemies, or with conservatives like this, who needs liberals. That’s what I thought as I read Andrew Sullivan’s crybaby whining last Friday on the “dreadful” news that the Bush administration may be going soft on Iraq:
[…] After all that this president has said, after all that he has asked, a reversal on this central question would be nothing short of a staggering betrayal of trust, a reversal of will and determination.
[…] This president, having begun as an improvement on his father, is showing signs that he could end up as something even worse. It’s time he heard from his supporters that this is a critical matter on which there can be no compromise. If he balks, it will be worse than his father’s betrayal on taxes. It will be a betrayal of the very security of the American people.
“This is a critical matter on which there can be no compromise.” This Sullivan writes just after penning, “Of course, there should be no peremptory, rushed or botched war. Of course, all options should be examined.” So which is it? Examine all options or no compromise. Aren’t those mutually exclusive?