Draggingtree Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 : 2/22/2014 Sowell on Cruz, Part III: Forget the Alamo!!! Filed under: General — Patterico @ 12:45 pm Thomas Sowell has a new column in National Review Online that essentially serves as the third entry in his trilogy about the terrible threat that Ted Cruz’s integrity poses to the establishment Republican Party. I covered Parts One and Two in previous posts (my response to Part One and my response to Part Two). In Part One, Sowell furnished readers with a rambling and nonspecific criticism of Cruz, which ended with a whispered acknowledgement that, well, OK, establishment Republicans seem to lack principles nowadays. In Part Two, Sowell criticized Cruz for jeopardizing Republicans’ electoral prospects, but then (schizophrenically) Sowell chronicled why Republicans don’t deserve to be elected. In my post in response, I expressed hope that Sowell was starting to see the light. I was wrong. Sowell’s latest piece doubles down against Cruz, arguing that one does not fight unwinnable battles in a war: In a war, you do not fight battles that you are certain to lose, if only because you will need your troops to fight later in battles you can win. The British troops who escaped from Dunkirk came back to France four years later, as part of the massive invasion forces that stormed the beaches at Normandy, liberated France, and pushed on into Germany for the final defeat of the Nazi regime. In politics, as in war, you need power to win, and you don’t dissipate your forces fighting battles that you are sure to lose. Symbolism and emotional self-indulgence are just not worth it. I have three words for Thomas Sowell: REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!! Above: Thomas Sowell has forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Since when has saying we should pick the right fight and fight it in the right way, challenging someones integrity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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