The uselessness of political labels

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by Jeffrey Hart | Aug. 10, 2008 (Opinion)
Was it 'conservative' to try to remake the world in our image?

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"Although they will be regularly deployed this campaign season, the terms "liberal" and "conservative" have largely lost analytical usefulness -- if they ever had any."
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"The people who opposed the Iraq war and still oppose it are called "liberals." Those who advocated it and still support it are called "conservatives." Full Story »

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James Canning
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 by James Canning - Oct. 1, 2008

This short opinion piece lays bare the astounding arrogance and stupidity of the "neocons" whose agenda of controlling the world is coming unstuck with the disaster in Iraq, etc. The radical interventionism has nothing "conservative" about it, and those objecting to the squandering of trillions of US taxpayer dollars are not being "liberal" by voicing those objections.

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