“The often-reviled idea that “either you are for us or against us” isn’t a newly minted brainwave proceeding from the idiotic or demented mind of George W. Bush. It is simply an overly timid restatement of the basic strategic idea of the Cold War.”

It is also nearly identical to the bumper sticker so loved by every democrat: “If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.”

When neutrality is not “allowed”, both statements are intended as threats against those who really don’t care and just wish to be left alone.