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November 22, 2005
Intellectual Bullies
Dr. Sanity hits the nail squarely on the head regarding the crass attempts of the Democrats to cloak their intellectual dishonesty in the mantle of the "loyal opposition":
Personally, I don't believe for a moment that they really want to debate the issues. What they want to do is more grandstanding and showboating to try to score even more points at the expense of our military and the Bush Administration. If you believe that they have any goodwill--except insofar as it will get them votes--then you have not been listening to them very carefully.
Just go check and see what Pelosi has been saying. Or Biden. Or (shudder) Kerry and his sidekick Edwards. If you think these are reasonable adults who will do what is right instead of what is expedient, then I also question the soundness of your own psychological health and maturity.
When the Democrats are capable of discussing their reservations about U.S. foreign policy without the accompanying media circuses and infantile grandstanding; and when they actually come up with alternative ideas or suggestions for how to win the war, instead of how to lose it--then, and only then will I take them seriously.
It's just as clear as the nose on your face that the Dems don't want an honest debate on the conduct of the war. The grade-school defensive hysteria that erupted once the Bush administration began quoting back their own words to them was oh-so-predictable--as Dr. Sanity pointed out, they can dish it out but they can't take it.
But ultimately it doesn't matter if these intellectual bullies can take it or not--if they win this PR battle for the hearts and minds of the moderate center, the truth and justice of our mission in Iraq will wind up as fodder for an endless stream of PBS revisionist TV specials in the years to come. Bullies hold power over their victims through fear and intimidation; most bullies can't take what they dish out. That doesn't stop them from trying and often succeeding.
It is a foregone conclusion among the general US population (including a lot of my close friends) that the US conducted an "unjust" war in Vietnam. The question I'd always like to offer to these people is this:
The archangel of fantasy questions appears to you and says, "It has been decreed that you and your family must leave the United States. Your only choices for relocation are the Republic of South Korea, and the Peoples' Republic of Vietnam. Where will you choose to move your family?"
We "won" the Korean war inasmuch as we prevented the Communist takeover of the south--and South Korea now has one of the highest standards of living in the world. We "lost" the Vietnam war--we failed (thanks to Bella Abzug and her cronies) to prevent the Communists from establishing their enlightened Marxist rule. Of course the Vietnamese economy is a permanent basket case, and good luck with trying to peacefully assemble to protest government policy. What a paradise.
Which way will Iraq go?
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