Why does agreement with the proposition that U.S. Middle East policy is a major factor in the growth of Islamic militancy necessarily imply a hate/blame America perspective?
For that matter, why does it imply a liberal perspective? Isn’t that a very important issue (especially when, given the recent NIE report, the proposition appears to be true at least with respect to Iraq)? If the development of critical thinking is an valued outcome from higher learning, doesn’t that require that we follow issues where the evidence leads us rather than yield to “my country right or wrong” as a substitute for rational analysis. I would hope so, and that is neither a Republican nor Democrat, liberal nor conservative principle. Liberal Professors Posted by Russell Eisenman , Associate Professor of Psychology at University of Texas-Pan American on October 23, 2006 at 5:55pm EDT LIBERAL vs. CONSERVATIVE: A REPLY TO LARRY Russell Eisenman University of Texas-Pan American TWO POINTS OF PARTIAL DISAGREEMENT WITH LARRY In his latest comment Larry raises two points that I wish to comment about. First, one cannot always equate liberal and Democrat and conservative and Republican.
