[Peace-discuss] Anti-war right

[C. G. Estabrook]

[I'm a yellow-dog Chomskyan (Chomsky has described his politics for years as 
'libertarian socialist' -- anti-capitalist of course, but opposed to 
Marxism-Leninism from the *left*, essentially the historical anarchist view), 
but I've thought for a while that it's a mistakes to ignore those on the 
traditional American right (& even more the non-traditional American right, like 
Ron Paul) who oppose the war -- even if their starry-eyed views on capitalism 
are dangerous.  And now more traditional American rightists (like our 
congressman) are opposing the war.  Good on them.  --CGE]


	December 04 2009
	The New Anti-War Right

If Obama thinks the left is rapidly abandoning him on Afghanistan, wait till he 
sees the Republican defectors.

	By Reihan Salam
	Daily Beast

Thus far, President Obama has primarily been worried about his left flank as he 
sends more troops to Afghanistan. He should be just as worried about his friends 
on the right. I fully expect that over the next year Republicans will begin to 
abandon the president en masse over Afghanistan.

Obama's saving grace on Afghanistan has been that conservatives, from the 
Republican leadership in Congress to Sarah Palin to leading foreign-policy 
thinkers like Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard, have backed a troop surge and 
have been mostly willing to back the White House on this particular issue. But 
now Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican known for his independent streak, has 
made a conservative case for withdrawal. And my guess is that by the 2010 
congressional elections, dozens of Republican candidates will be doing the same 
across the country...