Now I can stop reading Andrew Sullivan

I used to read Sullivan's blog because it was smart and thought provoking. When he veered left on issues of war and security I kept reading because it was useful to challenge my conclusions against someone who thought differently. But now, he's just gone 'round the bend and I don't need to read his blog anymore.

What was the straw that broke this particular camel’s back? How about these entries: Don't think Sullivan is preening on torture, well check this out from today:

In my view, this could turn out to be the big question of the new year: Do we have a president who refuses, in any matter tangentially related to the war on terror, to obey the law? We know he broke the FISA law and lied about it. We know he broke U.S. law against torturing detainees, and lied about it.

(emphasis mine)

We know these things? How exactly? Most legal commentators seem to find ambiguity on these issues and no court has made a finding of guilt but Andrew Sullivan KNOWS, so I guess the whole issue is settled.

Now, a little rhetoric here and that isn't a reason to stop reading someone but it's a pattern with Sullivan. His moral preening on torture and the conduct of this war has been going on for some time now and I am just sick of it.

Don't think Sullivan is preening on torture, well check this out from today:

The Burmese regime is one of the most odious and nutty on the planet. Read this account of torture in Burmese prisons. Now remember that, according to the Wall Street Journal, James Taranto, Mark Levin, Rich Lowry, John Yoo, and many others, nothing detailed in this account qualifies as torture at all.

Note to Mr. Sullivan...Burmese prisoners were imprisoned fighting for democracy. Khalid Shiek Mohamed is being held for planning an attack on the United States that killed 3,000 men and women. See the difference?

In case he or you don't, consider this...there's no evidence that anything like what happened to this poor man happened to prisoners of the US as a matter of policy. In fact, server US service members have been sent to jail for mistreating prisoners.

The moral equivalency, the unwillingness to deal seriously with the threat we face and the sense of superiority has just become too much. I need to find a new lefty to read.