Why I Hate Liberals* posted by Richard Seymour

I'm sick to death of liberal commentators waffling on their opposition to the war. It's all like "Well, just because we think the war was wrong doesn't mean we want the other side to win. We do support the troops, we just think this is wrong war. We care as much about opposing fundamentalism as you guys do, it's just the wrong war." Here's a typical gutless bunny :

Who, may I ask, are all the “Westerners who side with the ‘Iraqi resistance’ against America and its allies”? Generally speaking, the “Iraqi resistance” is killing our troops in the interest of a fundamentalist ideology that liberals find appalling. If our countrymen are actually taking their side as they try to kill coalition troops, that seems like a (conversational, if not legal) accusation of treason.

Hey, just say it. Just say it. The troops are murdering Iraqis, and the sooner the last soldier and diplomat is chased out on the last helicopter the better. What are you so fucking scared of? Why hide behind official misrepresentations about the Iraqi resistance working for a "fundamentalist ideology" when you know damned well they're fighting a guerilla war against an occupying enemy? And what's with this "treason" shit? Treason involves disloyalty to one's nation - if the nation is involved in mass murder, is there not ample reason to be disloyal? Would not US citizens resist such a brutal occupier, regardless of how they felt about their government? Since when did liberalism entail abandoning universalism for loyalty to the nation-state? Since when have liberals been so cowardly and corruptible that they dared not face the glaringly apparent for fear of offending reactionaries? Since when ?

*The more accurate title would read "Why I Hate Some Liberals Sometimes, But Then Forgive Them and Offer Cuddles". But that would be a bit wet, wouldn't it?