Ben Wattenberg, author of the new book Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism (which is technically true since neoconservativism’s founding fathers were all Leftists and ex-Trotskyites), appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. In defending the Iraq invasion, Wattenberg sounded about as sincere as a cheating husband trying to explain his activities to his wife, and Stewart’s counterpoints made for an uncomfortable interview.
Good. Men like Wattenberg deserve to feel uncomfortable. I honestly don’t know how they sleep at night.
Watching neocons and their fellow travelers rationalize what the U.S. has done in the Middle East is almost comical at this point. This is a good example:
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