Apparently, too much goodwill is a bad thing

In the comments, wickle writes:

I think that the main theme of Ruffini’s piece is “I hate Obama, and will assail everything he does, but won’t bother talking about an issue because I don’t think things through that much.”

In fact, this seems to be the main theme of everything coming from the right these days.  Case in point, at The Corner, Byron York attacks Obama for reaching out to Europeans in the fight against international terrorism.

It’s a small passage from Obama’s Berlin speech, but this formulation, common in some circles, grates on some ears, like mine:

The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil. 

Yes, the victims were from all over the globe — places like Brooklyn, and the Bronx, and Manhattan, and Queens, and Staten Island, and New Jersey — all over.  And most were Americans, weren’t they?  Wasn’t that the point of the attack?  This isn’t to diminish the loss of anyone on September 11, but people come from all over the world to be Americans, and the great majority of people who died that day were Americans.

I don’t know about you, but I think it’s a good idea to have the rest of the world on your side in a fight against international terrorists.  You know, if anything, this just shows how deeply unserious some conservatives are about fighting terrorism.  For a lot of conservatives, perfectly sensible moves to combat terrorism are okay, until they come from a Democrat, at which point they become audacious assaults on the troops, hot dogs, apple pie, and baseball.”

And again, I ask, why does anyone take The Corner seriously?