WHAT THE CONSERVATIVE WAR WHORES ARE LIKE

(h/t Anne Cahn's book, KILLING DETENTE)

We've all heard or read that most Democrats and almost all Liberals aren't "on America's side" or "give aid and comfort to the enemy" or "should be charged with treason." This isn't a new tack by the war whore conservatives and we can find an example from about 30 years ago in Paul Nitze. He was a steadfast (and scared) Hawk and had no qualms about impugning the partiotism of those he disagreed with, especially when they disagreed about the threat the former Soviet Union posed to America.

From TIME Magazine (12/21/1987):

Nitze seemed to take his revenge against his former friends and colleagues who fared better in the new Administration. One was Paul Warnke, who had worked closely with Nitze in the Pentagon during Lyndon Johnson's presidency. When Warnke was nominated to be Carter's chief arms-control negotiator, Nitze savaged him in congressional testimony, impugning his integrity and patriotism.

From SLATE Magazine (10/21/2004):

Nitze also testified against SALT II before Congress. When one senator asked him if he considered himself to be more patriotic than Warnke, an old friend and colleague of his who was now Carter's arms-control negotiator, Nitze replied: Yes.