Liberal Education

Big doings at the Huffington Post. George Clooney admits he's a liberal! Don't bother, there's really nothing there.

One thing intrigued me, though. Clooney (and he's hardly alone) seems to relate being a liberal with opposing the war in Iraq? Why?

Despite recent history (i.e., Vietnam), there's nothing particularly pacifist about liberalism. They may not agree with conservatives on whom to oppose, but the Left certainly supported fighting the Axis. Before then, they volunteered to fight against Franco. It seems to me the war on terror, which is essentially a war on fascism, is right up their alley.

I realize today's liberals reflexively hate everything Bush, but can't they ask themselves whether they'd support the war if Clinton or Gore had started it?

(And yes, it works in both directions. Being a conservative shouldn't automatically means you support the war, either.)