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New Sisyphus wrote a brilliant Feb. 15, 2005 essay The End of the Cold War: Testing the Left’s Central Thesis analyzing how the Leftist thesis has so clearly failed the "reality-based test" of the post Cold War world:

Remember the Cold War? We sure do, and given what lessons can be learned from both how it was fought and how it was won, we’re not at all surprised that liberals by and large do not.

By the time of the end of the Cold War, the American Left and Right both had their narratives on the war pretty much worked out. There were variations, of course, sub-currents and dissenters, but, basically, there were two solid schools of thought readily identifiable to any political observer. To the Right, the United States was leading a coalition of freedom-loving democracies and allies of convenience in an all-important opposition to the expansionist and dangerous Soviet Union. In this battle, the U.S. would "bear any burden, pay any cost" to check Soviet power. To the Left, however, the Cold War looked very, very different.

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In this vein, Iraq’s recent elections are merely more of the same. One side said that it was a useless puppet exercise resented by the Iraqi people. The other said the people of Iraq wanted freedom and their voice as much as any other people would. Which side better anticipated what occurred on January 30?

As the Left’s central theses continue to fail, its followers continue to bail. Some, such as the admirable Christopher Hitchens, cannot complete the journey to the right and continue to identify themselves with the "Left" even if their "Left" exists in reality about as much as the anarchism of Emma Goldman did. Others, like the "neo-cons," drew the conclusions all the way to the end and adjusted their thinking accordingly.

Make no mistake, the end of the Soviet Union unmasked more than just the empty promise of Communism. Day by day, news story by news story, more and more eyes are opening.

A new majority for liberty and reason is thus born.

This is definitely worth a Read the Whole Thing!