Well, I define liberation according to some civil liberties and a few basic human rights. There really are different qualities of peace, and some of them not so lovely as it sounds. I find overly broad positions and absurdly broad comparisons of "liberators" kind of tiresome. I can't get with it.

   The campaign toward the current war has probably done a lot to undermine hopes for a liberated and lasting peace, by alienating important allies, and projecting righteous arrogance. I'll go that far.