Centerfield

Is it just me?

...or is Instapundit's melody more of a one-note reflexively prowar opera every day? Outside of the odd note of concern on liberties infringed, it's got a steady beat. He seems to be going out of his way, like when he eviscerates a bunch of hapless academics for having the temerity to use the unpatriotic h-word, hegemony, among other things. America's political influence IS predominant, that's just the way it is, and it goes quite a ways in explaining the behavior of our erstwhile European allies, even if you might view that behavior as childish.

Yuh know, I'm pretty pro-stay the course, and I'd probably end up disagreeing with the bunch he's highlighting, but he's going over the edge by adopting the most negative interpretation possible. And I have a hard time quarreling with the use of the word hegemony. I also don't know why he's ranting about the suggestion that 9/11 called for reconceiving foreign policy, which is conventional wisdom on both sides of the skirmish line.

And on re-reading, maybe these guys deserve a smack, but I'm tiring of this, and I wouldn't mind if Glenn would take it down a notch. Isn't there the tiniest possibility that such a conference could provide a nugget or two of insight? Then again, in Glenn's world, if you say "zionist," then you're automatically an anti-semite, so the answer must be "no."

Posted by Brian Keegan at November 11, 2003 09:03 PM