Thu, 21 August 2014
Long before he became President, Senator Richard Nixon went after Democrats. Each was a quisling, "holding a Ph.D. from Dean Acheson's Cowardly College of Communist Containment." The cowardly containment rhetoric was more than bluster. It was the clarion call of true believers. We were at war, and there ought to be no limits. Conservatives were angry beyond words at the rejection of emotional impulse. The substitution of thoughtful strategy was infuriating. Turning away from intellect during crisis is a predictable emotional response. But acting on rage can have unintended results. Similarities of conservatives back then to conservatives today are striking. Containment, and the reactions to containment, are back.
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