Now we get down to brass tacks.
During the first Bush administration, those disagreeing with the powers that be often found themselves under attack. They were derided as liars or fools, or just plain paranoid by the Bush machine. Those who questioned Bush’s policy in Iraq or on terrorism were said to be undermining our troops, or had their patriotism questioned. Just ask Richard Clarke.
But now, even before they have finished prepping for the inauguration, the wraps are apparently coming off. No more kid gloves. If you dare to question the Bush administration, now you are a communist.
Somehow I am not surprised.
And my guess is that Selig S. Harrison, a respected analyst on Korea isn’t either. Just days after the initial release of his insightful new report in Foreign Affairs questioning the use of U.S. intelligence on North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons, Seligman is being compared to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and branded as a communist by a conservative publication.
Writing in The Conservative Voice, Peter Huessey compares Harrison to those who provided the former Soviet Union with nuclear secrets and says that Harrison, along with writers Jonathan Schell and Noam Chomsky “have been long-time premier apologists for communism and communist regimes everywhere.” He goes on to say “At heart, Chomsky, Harrison and Schell hate the U.S. and everything it stands for. They are in reality Marxists to the core.”
In the next few days look for more conservative writers and pundits to come out swinging at Harrison. Hey, if you can’t question his research, you can always call him a communist.
Blacklist Anyone?
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