In a process without precedent, America has been, for more than a year, walking slowly…toward an optional war. Optional, that is, in the sense that although it is a defensible choice, it is a choice. War has not been unambiguously thrust upon us, as in 1861 by secession, or in 1917 by unrestricted submarine warfare, or in 1941 by surprise attack, or by aggression across international borders as in June 1950 or August 1990. Yet the left cannot mount a critique [of the coming Iraq war] that rises above rock lyrics and name-calling. ~ George Will, Jan. 23, 2003 Even … Continue reading War and the Marginalization of Political Thought