Quote of the Day

"Liberals were 'right' about Vietnam, but they have paid a price ever since because they were so obnoxious about their correctness. The leftier liberals proceeded to see Vietnam in every American military initiative--the placement of Pershing missiles in Europe, Star Wars, the removal of Noriega, the first Gulf War--and they suffered as a result. Just because they're right about Iraq, and about this escalation, it doesn't mean they won't be blamed by the public if the result of an American withdrawal is lethal chaos in the region and $200 per barrel oil. All I'm saying is that those who oppose the war now have a responsibility to (a) oppose it judiciously, without hateful or extreme rhetoric and (b) start thinking very hard--and in a very detailed way--about how we begin to recover from this mess."
--Time magazine's top political columnist Joe Klein, in his fancy new blog.

Shorter Joe Klein: Liberals were right about Vietnam and they were right about Iraq, but it should never, ever be mentioned because liberals are icky and mean and everyone hates them.

(UPDATE: My friend Anthony adds a different summary: "Sure, they're usually right, but goddamn do I hate how they SAY it. So, let's ignore them." Yup.)

Liberal media's right. We really need to discuss urgent life-or-death matters more banally.