The Neutralist announces the suspension of our ongoing fundraiser. To become a Platinum Level Neutralist
Sustainer requires a minimum donation of $15,000,000. As our non-success has been impressive, we have decided to
slack off in favor of an organization that is the grand torch bearer in the anti-intervention camp.
Antiwar.comhttp://antiwar.com/has been carrying on the fight since what feels like
forever. I discovered it during
the buffoonery of the Clinton interventions. It was a wonderful and welcome find. There were people out there who thought
mostly the same. If I was crazy, I
was not alone.
Maybe all of us who believe our countries foreign adventures have
not been a good idea are mad. I
like to think that no matter how strident Justin Raimondo et al are, they are
not hysterics. It is the other
side that is. Fortunately, there
is some proof of that.
Justin's Wednesday column is about the fundraiser. He mentions how David Frum called
people who opposed war treasonous.
He has some vindication below.
“Writing at the height of the neocons’ triumph, Frum said
conservatives must "turn our backs" on the "traitors" in
their midst, including not only Pat Buchanan but also Bob Novak, Tom Fleming,
and Joe Sobran, as well as myself. Frum’s evidence of my "treason"?
Let him speak for himself:
"The week after the fall
of Kabul, Raimondo acknowledged that though the Afghan war seemed to have
succeeded, disaster lurked around the corner: ‘The real quagmire awaits us. . .
. When the history books are written, Operation Enduring Freedom will be hailed
as a great success – provided it doesn’t endure much more than a few weeks
longer.’"
In retrospect, my prediction is
spot on: however, in the springtime of the neocons – Spring of 2003 – this was
not so readily apparent. Not that I’m claiming to be Nostradamus or anything:
at the time, it was clear to anyone with even a half-baked knowledge of
Afghanistan’s history that the Americans’ attempt to remake the country would
ultimately fail.”
Yup, Justin was right twice.
First in the prediction and second, he did not have to be
Nostradamus. Yet David Frum is
still taken seriously. He gets to
talk on government radio and is published in say, The Daily Beast. Okay, those are not really serious
outlets, but you get what I mean.
Justin was and is mostly right, but he has to solicit
supporters. That is right and just
as opposed to Frum types who are really just given presents.
So feel free to donate to antiwar.com, and when you send in your
donation, tell Justin and Eric, they should call themselves Neutralists and not
Isolationists.
I do have a problem with his praise of Sontag's anti-war activities. Anyone who calls the group that brought the world indoor plumbing a cancer can't be all good.
