Hipster Blogger® Oliver Willis has lost his everlovin’ mind! After prefacing some recent comments with an assurance to his readers that he supports the U.S.-led military “conflict” against terrorism, Oliver then unfortunately veers off the high-road and runs flush into a salt dump at the corner of Delusion Street and Nofrickin’ Way. Evidently he bumped his head on the steering wheel. Check out this diluted brainjuice he lets drip onto the upholstery:

It’s in Bush’s interest to keep a long-running, unfocused campaign going along as it helps his approval rating and gives an excuse to fund his pet causes when you just slap the ‘War’ label on things. Right now the role of the Left is to keep those bad boys in check. Do you really think they wanted to help Afghanistan build a democracy? This is the same president who decried any sort of nation building during his campaign, even when Gore pointed out the positive effects such a policy had on Europe post-WWII…[emphasis mine].

Huh? Pet causes? You mean like reversing the tax cuts, Oliver? Or cracking down on SUVs to “break the cycle” of Saudi oil dependency? Or federalizing airline security personnel…?

Yes, the Bush team continues to push its pre-election party platform — and yes, at times it uses the “War on Terror” as a rhetorical crutch to “contextualize” its policy wants. But let’s not go dippin’ the Dems in bronze just yet: these are, after all, the folks who decided it’d be a good idea to go after the “Right-Wing” via Ad Talibanum attacks — folks whose entire Wartime agenda (to this point, at least) seems to rest with contriving ways to undercut Bush’s approval rating.

No doubt about it: unforseen circumstances (read: bad people flying planes into big buildings stuffed with innocent Americans) have indeed compelled Bush to rethink his stance on so-called “nation building.” But let’s not get all nutty and start crediting Gore with the successful prosecution of the Afghan campaign; I mean, just cause he gave lip service to “Greatest Generation” strategy doesn’t make him Patton. The Clinton administration’s model for international conflict resolution, after all, was to deploy our military like some weapons-rich world police force; Gore, for better or worse, likely envisioned nation building in a similar way — a U.S.-led, U.N.-backed coalition of international troops acting as a “presence” in troubled countries.

Bush’s willingness to proceed in the best interest of the U.S. — without agonizing too much over the opinions of the European chattering class — is what’s working to reinvigorate Americans; ‘s like we’ve awakened from a long, hazy slumber and recognized once again how remarkable our country truly is. No more self-indulgent guilt, no more apologizing to the world for American successes — t’least, not for this guy. Fact is, I don’t view the prosecution of this campaign as “unfocused” at all, Oliver; and to suggest that Bush is putting the lives of soldiers and civilians in harm’s way to keep his numbers high is both silly and shameful. You write,

So yeah, it’s not just the anti-war whiners that need to keep Bushista in line. It’s the entire left, who may not be the ‘A’ team you call in for military action but who’s purpose right now is to be the conscience of the action.

The “conscience” of the action? C’mon. Dems, heal thyself…

And Oliver — you need to lay of the Britney fluff, my man! ‘S makin’ your brain soft as chewed bubblegum…