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December 13, 2004
Consistency, anyone?
Via Matthew Yglesias, the National Review publishes a sensible column pointing out that interim Iraqi PM Alawi is more or less a puppet of Washington and enjoys limited support outside of the beltway.
It's a well written article and I don't see anyone in the Corner crying about how outrageous it is. When John Kerry said more or less the same thing, scorn was heaped on him from every angle. Hmmm, as recently as one month ago, after the election, David Frum referenced Kerry's loss as one that made him proud the American people would reject a candidate who called someone like Alawi a puppet.
I understand that people like Andrew Sullivan think the Democrats need to get serious on national security and international affairs. The thing I don't understand is that Andrew Sullivan would say that David Frum "gets it" when Frum's views and understandings of these issues is clearly through a partisan lense. After all, if Michael Rubin calls Alawi a failure as PM, it's ok because well he's a conservative. If John Kerry does he must be wrong as he is a Democrat. Welcome to the new definition of "serious".
Posted by Chris at December 13, 2004 03:14 PM
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