Hunting with the Conservatives

The first (attempted) roundup of leading conservative opinion. Unfortunately, I could not find too many writers who could fit the description. Please let me know of other authors. Of course, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Michael Savage cannot be counted. Their arguments tend to be more emotional than logical or informative.

Pat Buchanan has published a piece about how the US can get out of Iraq. Two observations regarding this:
1. Conservative opinion (abusive opinion aside) tends to focus more on how to get the job done. Liberals seem to analyze the past endlessly and complain about wrong choices. I looked through the archives and noticed that Pat has been opposing the war since way before it started. But nothing of 'I told you so' mentality seeps into his writing. This is a striking contrast to the works of most liberals that I am familiar with.
2. Pat and his brand of Right was opposed to the war. The Left obviously was too. So who supported it? Is the non-Buchanan, non-Left opinion in this country really in the majority? It seems unlikely. Is Bush forcing conservatives to support his foreign policy by holding them hostage over social issues (where his views are much more closely aligned with the Conservative heart)?

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