Glenn Reynolds, The Hack of Record

Mark A. R. Kleiman:

Reynolds [writes]: The real problem with the Iraq war is that it's (1) waged by a Republican President; and (2) obviously in the United States' national interest. To some people, those characteristics are enough to brand it evil.

Now since Reynolds's post is entirely about Sullivan's attack on Clark, "some people" in that last sentence can only refer to Clark. Reynolds is effectively asserting that Clark is hostile to anything that helps the American national interest: in other words, that Clark is unpatriotic. ...

The next time one of the warbloggers tells you that it's a myth that their side likes to question the patriotism of those who disagree with them, just think about what Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Reynolds -- neither of them, unfortunately, as obscure as Ted Rall -- said about Wesley Clark.