by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math
I know it's better to focus on criticizing the opposition this close to an election cycle, but I have a hard time letting this bit of needless Democrat bashing from Joe & Ann's Defence Weekly stand. Martin Peretz decided to take a few minutes of his time to criticize America's African-American leadership for not calling for the immediate deployment of some unknown number of US troops to Sudan out of blind Bush-hatred. Not only is that patently false, it again demonstrates that too many proponents of "tough" foreign policy have little awareness of the demands such policy places on our Armed Forces. I responded in full here, and cancelled my subscription.
To review, the editor in chief of the magazine that purports to expound "serious" liberal foreign policy isn't demonstrating basic awareness of current statements from liberal leaders. I'd like to think that there's value in a sometimes-contrarian left-of-center news magazine, but it seems more and more that The New Republic is producing content based on a worldview divorced from reality.
