Joseph Weisenthal

How long does it take a mild-mannered, antiwar, black professor of constitutional law, trained as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago, to become an enthusiastic sponsor of targeted assassinations, “decapitation” strategies and remote-control bombing of mud houses at the far end of the globe?

There’s nothing surprising here. As far back as President Woodrow Wilson in the early 20th century, American liberalism has been swift to flex imperial muscle and whistle up the Marines. High explosive has always been in the hormone shot.