Comments on: Kristol and Kuttner Square Off http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/05/08/kristol-and-kuttner-square-off/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mountain Man http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/05/08/kristol-and-kuttner-square-off/comment-page-1/#comment-51611 Mountain Man Tue, 08 May 2007 14:59:49 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/05/07/kristol-and-kuttner-square-off/#comment-51611 I don't think that war generally or the war on terror specifically are manifestations of conservative philosophy. Witness the lack of outrage from the left regarding President Clinton's many forays into other nations including Iraq. I wish I saw the debate, because I would want to know if general conservative principles were presented, rather than things like Bush's failures. Bush is not very conservative, so his presidency has little to do with the merits of conservatism as a philosophy of government. Leftists tend to argue this way in order to avoid answering for the manifest failures of their political initiatives. The government we have today, no matter who is currently in power, is largely the product of entrenched leftism. Compromise and consensus simply means a little less leftism than originally asked for. We will be able to effectively debate the merits of conservatism once we have returned government to its constitutional confines and allowed liberty to demonstrate its moral superiority. I don’t think that war generally or the war on terror specifically are manifestations of conservative philosophy. Witness the lack of outrage from the left regarding President Clinton’s many forays into other nations including Iraq.

I wish I saw the debate, because I would want to know if general conservative principles were presented, rather than things like Bush’s failures. Bush is not very conservative, so his presidency has little to do with the merits of conservatism as a philosophy of government.

Leftists tend to argue this way in order to avoid answering for the manifest failures of their political initiatives. The government we have today, no matter who is currently in power, is largely the product of entrenched leftism. Compromise and consensus simply means a little less leftism than originally asked for.

We will be able to effectively debate the merits of conservatism once we have returned government to its constitutional confines and allowed liberty to demonstrate its moral superiority.

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