Comments on: Tiananmen Moments http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2009/06/19/tiananmen-moments/ Your home for traditional conservatism. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robert Bruce http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2009/06/19/tiananmen-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-191207 Robert Bruce Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:09:02 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=2290#comment-191207 I agree. The last few of Pat's didn't seem to have that sharp analytical edge he always has. This is an excellent article indeed. The whole thing is just about power and what faction will get it. Neither side is going to be overtly friendly with the US, so why is this event even getting half the press it is? Simple, the whole brouhaha is a nice way to justify us going in their and bombing the bejesus out of them. I agree. The last few of Pat's didn't seem to have that sharp analytical edge he always has. This is an excellent article indeed. The whole thing is just about power and what faction will get it. Neither side is going to be overtly friendly with the US, so why is this event even getting half the press it is? Simple, the whole brouhaha is a nice way to justify us going in their and bombing the bejesus out of them.

]]> By: Jeremiah Whitmoore http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2009/06/19/tiananmen-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-191170 Jeremiah Whitmoore Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:07:57 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=2290#comment-191170 Pat Buchanan seems to have found his "mojo" once again, after a few less than stellar articles recently. Pat Buchanan seems to have found his "mojo" once again, after a few less than stellar articles recently.

]]> By: Ed Roberts http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2009/06/19/tiananmen-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-191165 Ed Roberts Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:22:15 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=2290#comment-191165 "If standing up and denouncing the Ayatollah and Ahmadinejad from 7,000 miles away is moral heroism, it is moral heroism at other people’s expense." That's an excellent closing line. In my own view, it's futile to waste any time at all looking for moral heroism among members of the political class. Heroes lack the character defect common among politicians that allows them to seek power over others without any qualms of conscience. "If standing up and denouncing the Ayatollah and Ahmadinejad from 7,000 miles away is moral heroism, it is moral heroism at other people’s expense."

That's an excellent closing line. In my own view, it's futile to waste any time at all looking for moral heroism among members of the political class. Heroes lack the character defect common among politicians that allows them to seek power over others without any qualms of conscience.

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