So says Bob Burnett of the Huffington Post.

His points are interesting (although they skirt issues) and then he wraps up the post the way the modern liberal approaches the war on terror. Bush is using the war for politics and scare tactics and that the war should be waged a different way.

So, we’re what, nearly 5 years into a post 9/11 world? We’ve been fighting this war on terror for some time now. Surely, after 5 years, some great liberal thinker would have come up with a way to wage a war on terror from a completely different angle and win, right?

Wrong. Nobody has. Not a single liberal thinker has come up with a strategy to win the war on terror. Bob certainly doesn’t propose anything– all he can offer is criticism.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m all in favor of criticism– so long as it’s constructive. If you just sit on the sidelines and tell people what they’re doing wrong, you’re not going to solve the problem, just defeat the way the problem is being addressed. At that point, the problem still exists, just at this point, you have nobody trying to fix the problem.

So what is the solution? Withdrawl from Iraq? Invasion of Iran/Pakistan? A coup in Saudi Arabia? I will guarantee that no “progressive” thinker supports these options.

So I have this advice for everyone on the Left who continuously bemoans the GWOT– shut up. Seriously. If you can’t offer constructive advice, don’t offer any at all. It’s counter-productive and all it does is illustrate what a bunch of whiny narcissists you are.