If Iraq was sex - these guys would have herpes

Glenn Greewald takes on the self-absorbed illogic of Thomas Friedman and other self-congratulating Beltway foreign policy punderati and sums up the fatal flaw in their rhetoric succinctly with this short list.

(1) It is immoral to stay in Iraq if we don't send in more troops.
(2) We are not going to send in more troops.
(3) I oppose withdrawal and think we should stay in Iraq.

And they call the stauch anti-war proponents kooky? This is the equivalent of saying:

(1) It is unsafe to have unprotected sex with a carrier of an STD.
(2) I don't have a condom.
(3) I oppose unprotected sex but I'm going to have it anyway because I want to prove my prowess and really want to have an orgasm.

The outcome is predictably disastrous but somehow simply stating opposition to a foolhardy action is supposed to absolve them from responsibility for spreading the disease. They are praised for their credibility and serious concern about safe sex, while those who refuse to have intercourse without protection are judged as frigid and deluded dilettantes.

What we need is an abstinence-only program for the rhetoric of these fantasy-based, ass-covering pundits.

[Thanks to Memeorandum for the link]