Monday, March 13, 2006
In 2003, a lot of us were saying, where is the link between Saddam and bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11? We knew it was bullshit. Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, 'We were misled.' It makes me want to shout, 'Fuck you, you weren't misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic.'It is a critical issue, because we are no doubt going to hear more from the Democrats during the 2006 congressional campaign as to how they were purportedly victimized by the President, when they were, in fact, willing partners in the Iraqi colonial enterprise, as most of them remain to this day. Indeed, Congressman Rahm Emmanuel is working hard to make sure that the primaries do not produce anyone who will contest the neoconservative company line within the Democratic Party, even going to extreme of courting crossover Republicans to challenge progressives.
For my November 2005 deconstruction of John Edwards' self-serving attempt to claim that Bush deceived him and other Senate Democrats in regard to the presence of WMDs in Iraq, go here. Some Democratic bloggers like to claim that they are part of a rational, result oriented, reality based community as opposed to the faith based community allegedly promoted by the Bush Administration. Given the statements of many elected Democrats when it comes to Iraq, and the concerted effort to suppress any change in policy, it is hard to read such claims as much more than a reflection of a sincere, but embarassing arrogance. An aspiration to perceive reality, leaving aside the philosophical implications of the effort, is based upon an objective search for the truth, something that remains beyond the capability of the politicians and campaign contributors that currently control the Democratic Party.
Labels: Democrats, Iraq War, Occupation of Iraq
