The Tea Party, foreign policy, and the politics of real change
Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo
01/12/11
I?ve spent more than a few columns predicting that the so-called tea partiers -- the grassroots populist movement that has our liberal elites in a frothy-mouthed lather -- will be logically led to call for major cuts in military spending -- and, by the sheer logic of their anti-spending, 'anti-government' position, eventually come to challenge our foreign policy of global intervention. The other day, as I listened to a fascinating panel discussion on Warren Olney?s KCRW radio show To the Point on defense spending and deficit reduction, I had the distinct pleasure of hearing my prediction come true -- a lot sooner, I have to admit, than I ever imagined...
http://tinyurl.com/4k2eyz5
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tea+Party
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=what+change
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=foreign+policy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+intervention
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+spending
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=defense+spending
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=raimondo
-----
by Justin Raimondo
01/12/11
I?ve spent more than a few columns predicting that the so-called tea partiers -- the grassroots populist movement that has our liberal elites in a frothy-mouthed lather -- will be logically led to call for major cuts in military spending -- and, by the sheer logic of their anti-spending, 'anti-government' position, eventually come to challenge our foreign policy of global intervention. The other day, as I listened to a fascinating panel discussion on Warren Olney?s KCRW radio show To the Point on defense spending and deficit reduction, I had the distinct pleasure of hearing my prediction come true -- a lot sooner, I have to admit, than I ever imagined...
http://tinyurl.com/4k2eyz5
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tea+Party
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=what+change
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=foreign+policy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+intervention
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+spending
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=defense+spending
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=raimondo
-----
Starmail - 12. Jan, 11:36
Trackback URL:
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/sharenews/stories/18164/modTrackback