Jamie Fly weighs in on the "whither the GOP statesmen" debate:
Just as Heilbrunn recasts the Republican establishment, he creates a neocon straw man. The neocons, like all conservatives supporting the president on Afghanistan, are the real internationalists of today's Republican Party. The fact is that those on the right and left questioning the current strategy in Afghanistan are the ones who would have us tread down the path toward isolationism.
Talk about straw men: unless you believe that Vice President Biden could be called an "isolationist" there is absolutely no truth to the claim that those advocating a counter-terrorist approach to Afghanistan would push the U.S. toward "isolationism."
