Posted on 01/03/2006 7:22:45 AM PST by Valin
In a stunning new statement, the enormously influential left-wing blogger Markos Moulitsas attacks the very basis for the war on terror, attributing American efforts to prevent future terrorist attacks not to national security concerns but to...conservative cowardice. In a piece entitled "Why are conservatives so afraid?", Moulitsas argues that conservatives simply aren't man enough to stand up to another terrorist attack, and therefore infringe on American civil liberties to save their own skins. "These blowhard pretend to be macho," Moulitsas writes, "even as they piddle on themselves in abject terror from every 'boo' that comes out of Osama bin Laden's mouth."
This is not the statement of some fringe blogger. Moulitsas is closely connected to the Democratic party leadership; according to a recent article in the Washington Monthly, Moulitsas speaks regularly with the staffs of Rep. Rahm Emmanuel, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (and occasionally with Reid himself). Moulitsas also, shortly after the 2004 election, addressed the Senate Democratic caucus on the issue of making blogging part of the Democratic political strategy. He is not speaking as an outsider when he writes:
When our nation was founded, we had men of real character and courage fighting for their nascent America, one in which liberty and freedom trumped the authorative tendencies of the monarchy. Patrick Henry gave words to those efforts: "Give me liberty or give me death!"
My, how far we have fallen, with an administration that parlays the incessant fear of its supporters into increased authoritativeness [sic] to the point where he now resembles the very despot we fought in our war of independence.
And his supporters bellow, as they cower under their beds:
"Here's our liberties, just spare us from death!"
These blowhards pretend they are macho even as they piddle on themselves in abject terror from every "boo!" that comes out of Osama Bin Laden's mouth. They like to speak about how tough they are, even though they send others to fight their battles and couldn't last a day in places like Iraq, or Sudan, or the El Salvador of my youth, or any other war-torn nation....
The breathtaking cowardice of the 101st Fighting Keyboardists knows no bounds. They hide behind the American flag and our genuinely brave men and women in uniform. It's bad enough that they wouldn't deign to join the boots in the ground in Iraq. But now they make a mockery of our Constitution, for the very values that motivated our Founding Fathers to put their lives on the line to combat the unchecked powers of the British monarchy.
Moulitsas's statement drew a positive response from his readers, some of whom see a useful political strategy in it. "Oooo, I LIKE this meme!" one wrote:
It has a Wesley Clark flavor to it. If you guys are so tough, why are you prancing around looking for a place to hide from the big-bad terrorists? Ooooo, SCARY! Poor little Americans, pissing themselves because some guys took out a couple of buildings. We all have to get our survival plans ready in case they attack again. Let's give all our hard earned Freedom to Big Daddy George so he can tell us when we can use the john. Geez, Louise, you'd think Katrina would have snapped them out of it but the fraidy cats are still scared of those brown people with box cutters. You're more likely to get swept away by a hurricane and where will Big Daddy George be then? Clearing brush on his ranch.
Ooooo, SCARY! Poor little Americans, pissing themselves because some guys took out a couple of buildings.
The unmasked liberal view of human life and liberty
Cordially,
The idiocy from the left never stops--we're not afraid, we're simply doing something about it. The left would not.
I'm not sure about that. Really imagine a nuclear attack to NYC. 7 million people dead or dying. Mass panic, finance shut down, millions more families without one or more parents, cries for restitution. Every large city has its own panic, people leave in droves. Next, terrorists have more attention with proof they have weapons, hold cities for ransom, more panic.
To me, 9/11 was surmountable for the US since it really was "isolated." Luck of the draw to be in the buildings hit...whereas a nuclear explosion is not isolated. That would draw true panic countrywide (especially libs who don't believe there's any danger). To me, stopping a nuke scenario is paramount.
Amazing that now they attempt to turn "doing something about it" into cowardice, and "turning a blind eye" into heroic action. Bad=good, wrong=right,
The liberals aren't "on" to anything - that's their problem.
The leadership of the dem party is following the Daily Kos.com to get their talking points. I hope they keep it up - America is already fed up with it .. and this latest will not sit well at all.
Interesting point. According to Libs, we should be afraid of Global Warming, but accepting of being slaughtered, in the thousands, by terrorists.
They carp over connecting the dots in criminal sense. They have no appreciation for connecting the dots in the larger sense.
9/11's impact was not in its direct danger to individual safety, but for its indication of larger trends:
The historical intersection of major weapons with crazy tyrants, the ineffectiveness of US intelligence here and abroad, blind faith in impotent diplomacy, the moral weakness of former US allies and mulitculturalists at home which hamstring an organized defense.
That these candy-ass libs think this is all about machismo means they are even less serious than I thought.
The RATS and Muslims better be very afraid, another attack on the scale of 9/11 and Muslim neighborhoods will look like Bondai Beach. And US citizens are way better armed than Australians.
Once we differentiate between "Conservatives" as compared to "Republicans," an altogether different equation emerges.
Simply put, ever since the GOP "leadership" has been hijacked by the RINOs "pinkies-out" motto of "Compassionate Conservatism" (GH Bush-Days), it has led to the surrender of principle, appeasement when challenged by outright slander and lies, and a lack of conviction and courage to stand up for the truth.
This man is seriously mentally ill.
Do these people have lievs? Or do they just spend all their time resenting the fact that they lost the election?
Let them keep it up. They just keep sounding more and more insane, trying to fill some psycholoogical need they have, and turning off larger and larger segments of the electorate. Then they get even more mad.
A macho Democrat is like a "jumbo shrimp."
No one who voted for John (the Dilletante) Friggin' Kerry can ever assert the slightest hint of manhood in any way, shape or form ever again - ever. Period.
So mince off back into oblivion, Markos, you simpering catamite, you cowardly custard, you slack witted girly man. Go write your next blog in French.
Here we have those who are attempting to defend our country being called cowards, and those who wish to withdraw from war, possessed of courage.
I suppose it depends to some extent on which city and where/how the attack is directed? But you can trust Al Qaeda to pick where it will do the most damage. They are good at planning that sort of thing.
When the WTC came down, it cost us 10s of billions of dollars in direct physical damage, medical care and emergency services. There is still a big hole there, and it required a gargantuan effort just to clean up the mess - much less replace it. And this was only a small part of a city with no nasty radiation involved. We barely dodged a financial meltdown in the Markets.
Another example,... how many billions of taxpayer dollars is it going to take to rebuild New Orleans (not that we really should, for the most part)? How many more financially disruptive blows can this country absorb? We are already spending into endless deficits with no end in sight.
... then, there is the possibility of an EMP device which could shut down large section of the country for months...
Our economy and infrastructure can't take too many more mega-billion dollar hits and survive. We do not have limitless resources and we are dependent on infrastructure and commerce running smoothly to prevent ongoing disaster. Then, there is the possibility of oil going over $100/bbl...
Frankly, I disagree with your Liberal friend. He probably is of the opinion all we need do is print more money and have the government rebuild everything anew. to Liberals, there is no end to resources and money as long as the government is around to do the job. He lives in a dream world.
Awesome tagline potential.
You may be confusing Byron York, who is merely reporting this information, with Markos Moulitsas, who is the actual source of the bilge...
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