Matt Welsh via Glenn when dealing with the Freeman nomination notes the sudden spin of the left from the Saudi’s being the root of all evil to it being no trouble at all:
Remember when Saudi-bashing was a lefty thing? When Michael Moore was devoting a big chunk of Farenheit 9/11 to the over-warm relationship between U.S. leaders and the clannish House of Saud, stewards of the dictatorship that produced 15 of 19 hijackers on that sunny September morning, and Craig Unger was peddling House of Bush, House of Saud? Well now that Barack Obama is in the Oval Office, the proper lefty response has morphed into a full-throated defense of one of Saudi Arabia’s most influential apologists: Former U.S. ambassador Chas Freeman, who has been nominated to head up the National Intelligence Council. Why? Because neocons don’t like him.
What I want to know is why anyone is surprised at this? You might recall our leftist friends were dead set against fighting world war II until June 22, 1941. Until the Soviet Union was under threat the war was not worth fighting. Once the invasion took place then the worm turned very quickly.
As for Andrew Sullivan who has less credentials on the left recall he proclaims himself a Catholic but when Catholic belief conflicts with his personal desires he simply modifies Catholic belief and proclaims his modified belief superior. Why should his beliefs on Iraq or the China or the Saudi’s be any different?
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