{"id":26575,"date":"2011-09-19T14:51:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T18:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=26575"},"modified":"2011-09-19T14:51:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T18:51:57","slug":"stupid-leftist-logic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=26575","title":{"rendered":"Stupid leftist logic"},"content":{"rendered":"

over at Think Progress<\/a>, Matthew Yglesias, the perpetually moronic idiot who couldn’t get a point if it was jammed up his over-used ass, tries to make fun of conservatives who think that peace through strength is a long-dead concept because the Cold War is over;<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow many people like Ronald Reagan?\u201d Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked the crowd. A bunch of Republican Hill aides dutifully raised their hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd how many people like peace through strength?\u201d More hands raised. Then Graham, an Air Force reservist colonel, asked, \u201cWhat the hell happened to that party?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s not much to engage with in this argument except the observation that I take it that the premise of Ronald Reagan\u2019s Cold War strategy had something to do with the existence of the Cold War. His argument wasn\u2019t \u201clet\u2019s do blah blah for no reason at all.\u201d It was \u201clet\u2019s do blah blah because something Soviet Union something something.\u201d Now, though, Graham is just saying we should do what Reagan did because it\u2019s what Reagan did. The method here for internal deliberation about public policy is something like a mix between a kindergarten class and a cult. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I agree to a point that Graham’s delivery was a little childish, but for Yglesias to arrive at the conclusion that there’s no need for us to be militarily strong in today’s world because the Soviet Union is gone, well, that’s just naive. Soviet union may not be the beast it was during the Reagan years, but the Russians still have designs on a warm weather port. It’s hard to break a habit that’s been around since Peter the Great. the Chinese are still building thier military, including the means to project that military. <\/p>\n

And the terror war isn’t over, just because we’re leaving Iraq and Afghanistan – Old Trooper sent us a link to reports of the arrest of seven presumed terrorists in Birmingham, England today<\/a>. So that war is not over just because the Left has decided it is because they won a presidential election. Someone forgot to tell the terrorists.<\/p>\n

I hate defending Graham, but we need a strong military now like we did in the 80s. It’s not a bunpersticker phrase, it’s the realities of the world in which we live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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