Dan Among Den

It is a statement of principals for an enlightened, democratic world with no tolerance for tyrants or their apologists and makes the same assertion I have often made that the war against radical terrorism will be won when there are liberal democracies from Morocco to Indonesia. I also found this particular elaboration on the Iraq war to be very telling:

The founding supporters of this statement took different views on the military intervention in Iraq, both for and against. We recognize that it was possible reasonably to disagree about the justification for the intervention, the manner in which it was carried through, the planning (or lack of it) for the aftermath, and the prospects for the successful implementation of democratic change. We are, however, united in our view about the reactionary, semi-fascist and murderous character of the Baathist regime in Iraq, and we recognize its overthrow as a liberation of the Iraqi people. We are also united in the view that, since the day on which this occurred, the proper concern of genuine liberals and members of the Left should have been the battle to put in place in Iraq a democratic political order and to rebuild the country's infrastructure, to create after decades of the most brutal oppression a life for Iraqis which those living in democratic countries take for granted — rather than picking through the rubble of the arguments over intervention.

I found points to quibble over on Principles 4 (Equality) and 15 (Open Source), but on the whole I thought it to be a remarkable document and so unlike much of the rabid Left I often see. Ironically, I did not find out about it from one of the lefty sites I read but from the rather conservative Austin Bay blog.

Give it a look.