Posted by: Jon Henke on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 Mark Levin is accusing Andrew Sullivan of being insufficiently conservative by trotting out the 'objective pro-[whatever]' argument... Andrew Sullivan considers himself an opponent of torture. But he's not. He's against the war in Iraq, which has ended a great deal of state-sponsored torture, not to mention state-sponsored rape, state-sponsored executions, and all the other inhumanity unleashed by maniacs like Saddam Hussein.First, Sullivan did support the war and continues to advocate US victory in Iraq, so Levin is — let's be charitable — reinventing history. Levin rationalizes his position by arguing that Sullivan would have opposed the war had reality been different. But reality wasn't different, yet Levin continues to operate in his alternate Sulli-verse. This 'objectively pro-[something bad]' rhetoric, though, is below any any self-respecting intellectual. It's bad logic, bad rhetoric and bad policy. But if Levin still wants to push that argument, here are some implications:
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