Defanging the Left: Why liberals are staying silent on Obama’s war
Posted on AllSides September 28th, 2014
From The Right
Are liberals giving President Obama a pass for waging the kind of war they would instinctively oppose?
In other words, are they opposed to bombing only when the missions are ordered by Republicans?
There is anecdotal evidence, at least, that some on the left have lost their antiwar passion now that George W. Bush has decamped to Texas. Which means they’re more about partisanship than principle.
Dana Milbank, the liberal Washington Post columnist who can be tough on liberals, was at the White House for an antiwar demonstration in the...