Do Democrats Really Want Us to Fail in Iraq?
Posted by ThirstyJon in News, Politics, and World EventsI have sometimes suggested that some Democrats in Congress may need America to fail in Iraq so that the Democratic Party can gain more power. I have wondered if they have used the anti-war movement so much that they have become invested in defeat and can no longer back out of that mindset.
In this article at AmericanThinker.com former Marine Adam G. Mersereau shares another reason why some Democrats may have a defeatist attitude towards the Iraq war
“Why do so many Democrats cling so tenaciously to hopelessness, failure and despair in Iraq, even in the face of important recent successes? The reason for this defeatism among Democrats lies beneath mere power politics, electioneering or disdain for President Bush. The real source of defeatism is rooted deep within the liberal mind…” [Read More]
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“”Listen closely to Osama bin Laden’s recorded monologues, and you will detect at least some subtle similarities to the diatribes of the Democratic Congressional leadership. “”
Too far, peace, out.
Hello Casper! Hello Passer-By.
The entire paragraph that you quoted goes like this:
It appears to me that the author’s intention is to explain an appearance of being “unpatriotic.” He is not equating “all democrats” with “radical muslim terrorists.” The article is about how some liberal thought is anti-western civilization, as is Osama bin Laden.
Although, with the current climate of politics often found in America I am not surprised that you would take issue with that statement.
ThirstyJon
Whenever I make an assertion, you state “You don’t know me”. Ok, fine, I don’t know you.
The writer is not a Liberal, and he does not know us, and this is going too far. If he had said “I believe Liberal thought is…” or “It appears that the Liberal position is…”, or even “Some Liberals believe…” he’d be stating an arguable theory. But instead, this is a hatchet job that paints with an awfully broad brush.
Rejection of Judeo-Christian ethics? A disbelief in the base tenets of Western Civilization? No no, these are the positions of a few far left professors at Berkeley. The rest of us are not nearly so radical. This is O’reilly’s “War on Christmas” writ small.
If I look around, I can probably find a editorial about how all conservatives believe that war casualties are Gods punishment for the USA tolerating homosexuals (or I could write one). Would you call that a fair statement? I know of at least one hyper conservative organization that preaches exactly that.
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“”anti-war rhetoric that strikes many average Americans as unpatriotic”".
The average american is now against this war, and the polls prove it. You’re going to need much bigger prisons to handle 180,000,000 traitors.
The climate of politics in America is what Rove and Cheney and DeLay and Limbaugh et al, ad nauseum made it. As you said in a long ago blog post – “Somebody’s going to pay for this,,,”.
Casper,
You mentioned “a few far left professors at Berkeley,” as the only ones who are anti-western civilization. I hope you are correct. I also hope that the greater numbers don’t buy into things that sound good but have the effect of destroying Western Civilization.
ThirstyJon
P.S. I don’t think Rove, Cheney, etc. created the current climate by themselves. A little bit of time on Digg.com shows me that the negative, cynical atmosphere is all around and doesn’t need their help. Read the DailyKos or Moveon.org. These sites have huge followings!
Well look around you Jon, you don’t live on Mars. You know people who were against the war, people who voted for Kerry, people who think letting Exxon write the national energy policy might not have been a great idea – do they seem like they’ve rejected Judeo-Christian ethics? Do you know anyone who is really Secular-Progressive / Moral-Relativist enough to say “Well maybe molesting little boys is what’s right FOR HIM,,,”. I would venture a guess that you do not, because that’s an extremely rare breed of cat. Your writer is trying to paint us all with that brush, and it’s inaccurate and unfair IM(NS)HO.
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Digg.com and a couple of other websites? Wow, and all I have is 30 years of dedicated pol-watching. I feel outgunned,,,
About the climate of debate. Did you know that George McGovern and Barry Goldwater were good friends? There was a time when Libs and Cons had debate without hating one another. The change in the dialogue started with Nixon, was furthered by Lee Atwater, and perfected by Karl Rove.
I would remind you that Conservatism has a thriving cottage industry in Liberal-hatred. Here’s a list – Limbaugh, Coulter, O’Reilly, Malkin, Hannity, Beck. Please publish a similar list of Liberals…
So who coarsened the level of debate?