Mr. Krauthammer's personal trajectory in overcoming adversity is admirable and he serves as a role model in that respect but "Aligning himself with most conservatives, Mr. Krauthammer was gung-ho about going to war with Iraq in 2003, arguing for replacing Saddam Hussein with a democratic government, and he expressed few compunctions about torturing suspected terrorists." I cannot help but think anyone with his influence on the national scene who was "gung-ho" for war and soft on "torture" was anything other than a malign influence on our culture and an enemy of the concept of universal human rights. It is regretful that he espoused such negative values and found an audience appreciative of them. It is to be hoped that his correct observation “Get your politics wrong, however, and everything stands to be swept away" will be the fate of his world view.
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