Michael Reagan: Democrat Insurgency in the U.S.

NewsMax ^ | 6/14/06 | Michael Reaga

[wagglebee]

I've been wondering why there is something familiar about the behavior of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, and suddenly it dawned on me that we have our own similar insurgency right here at home – it is called the Democrat Party.

Think about it. Both are operating under the same motivation – an unrequited lust for lost power. And both will do just about anything to retrieve it.

Remember, under Saddam Hussein's long rule, his fellow Sunnis – a distinct minority in a nation with a vast Shiite majority – were the kings of the hill – and incredibly cruel monarchs to boot.

Saddam may have ordered the atrocities, but it was the Sunnis who carried them out, torturing, beheading and otherwise brutalizing the Shia and the Kurds and looting the nation's treasure.

They were very well compensated for their services – and since being ousted by the U.S. invasion and the deposing of their benefactor they have been unable to accept their current powerlessness.

They are, as the liberals like to say, "in denial." They just can't live with their loss of authority and act as if they can somehow regain what they lost by mounting an insurgency against the new Iraqi government.

It's a case of "anything goes," as demonstrated by their recent idol, the late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Killing their fellow Iraqis - including women and children - by the hundreds, destroying the infrastructure, and depriving their fellow Iraqis of electricity, water and income from oil are all acceptable methods of expressing their lust for power.

What it all comes down to is a willingness to tear down their own house if they can't assert absolute ownership of the premises. It's what is known as a "rule or ruin" strategy.

Here in America we have a similar situation – a political party that for years dominated Capitol Hill. They ruled the roost for so long that they began to believe they had some divine right to control the House and Senate.

They got to run the committees, with senior members reveling in the title "Mr. Chairman" with all the perks that went with the title. Only they were allowed to introduce legislation or hire committee staff – the minority had to go to them, hat in hand, to get even a tiny minority staff.

Thankfully, they weren't able to torture or behead the Republican minority at will, but they never let it be forgotten that they were in charge and if Republicans wanted the key to the men's room they'd have to bow and scrape to get it.

Like the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, the Democrats cannot accept their minority status, even though when the GOP took over, Newt Gingrich refused to impose the kind of absolute, anti-minority rule his party suffered under the Democrats. They were treated as colleagues, not serfs whose presence was to be barely tolerated. Since then, the Democrats have shown not one whit of gratitude.

Like the Sunni insurgency, the national Democrat party and its congressional contingent has demonstrated time and again that they will willingly sacrifice the welfare and security of the American people to get their way.

As Michael Barone has written: "It comes down to this: A substantial part of the Democratic Party, some of its politicians and many of its loudest supporters, do not want America to succeed in Iraq. So vitriolic and all-consuming is their hatred for George W. Bush that they skip right over the worthy goals we have been, with some considerable success, seeking there - a democratic government, with guaranteed liberties for all, a vibrant free economy, respect for women - and call this a war for oil, or for Halliburton.

"Successes are discounted, setbacks are trumpeted, the level of American casualties is treated as if it were comparable to those in Vietnam or World War II. Allegations of American misdeeds are repeated over and over; the work of reconstruction and aid of American military personnel and civilians is ignored."

In the end, all that matters to them is regaining the power the American people took from them in 1994, and, thank God, have kept it out of their hands ever since.

[wagglebee]

Like the Sunni insurgency, the national Democrat party and its congressional contingent has demonstrated time and again that they will willingly sacrifice the welfare and security of the American people to get their way.

Perfect analogy!

[coconutt2000]

Well the democratization of the ME is meant to translate the battlefield from one of bombs and bullets to one of words and rhetoric.

The war however is the same. It is the perpetual fight between the freedom of the individual and the power of the government.

[DoughtyOne]

Nice.

[MizSterious]

Wow. Reagan hit a bullseye on this one!

[pleikumud]

Both the Democrats and the terrorists want President Bush, our troops, and therefore the United States to fail in the war on terror. The Democrats figure that failure in Iraq would get them elected to more offices, and to them that is more important than our troops' lives, or the safety of the general public here at home. A vote for any Democrat is a vote for the enemy.

[NYIslander]

" Since then, the Democrats have shown not one whit of gratitude. "

I don't get it. Is he trying to argue that the Democrats shouldn't field candidates or oppose republicans?

The more ungrateful the Democrats are, the better for Republicans. Which side looks better to the voters in that situation? 2002 and 2004 would seem to be an indication.

[ladyinred]

I prefer to think of them as terrorists, but I will accept this premise!

[bfree]

Truer words were never spoken.

[Hunble]

Perfect!

[OKIEDOC]

I like Mike!

[rirepublican]

Great article!!

[LibSnubber]

I prefer to think of them as terrorists, but I will accept this premise!

I couldn't agree with you more! (check out my tagline)

[Navy Patriot]

When the horseshoe fits, wear it.

[PGalt]

Hooray Mike!

[Clintonfatigued]

Actually, this is not a very accurate portrayal of the Iraqui "insurgents." Most of the attacks on American troops and Iraqui civilians are being carried out by foreign terrorists, not Iraqui citizens.

[Fledermaus]

Would it be too evil for me to wish the Dems start suicide bombings? lol

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

Interesting choice!

[sgtbono2002]

Newt Gingrich was wrong to not treat the minority like a minority it set the stage for Republicans to continue cowtowing to the Democrats and they have never stopped and dont know what to do with their majority.

[wagglebee]

I have long believed that Newt Gingrich is an incredible "behind-the-scenes planner" but that he is utterly inneffective at being the "leader", that's why I don't think he could ever be President.

[RMDupree]

Wonderful post!

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

"Most of the attacks on American troops and Iraqui civilians are being carried out by foreign terrorists, not Iraqui citizens."

this would be more accurate if you had used "sunnis" instead of "foreign terrorists". Not a dimes worth of difference between a sunni insurgent and a sunni iraqi terrorist, except that the foreign sunni needs and gets the help of iraqi sunnis.

[TheLion]

"Newt Gingrich refused to impose the kind of absolute, anti-minority rule his party suffered under the Democrats. They were treated as colleagues, not serfs whose presence was to be barely tolerated. Since then, the Democrats have shown not one whit of gratitude.

A big mistake by Newt in retrospect.

[mo]

Only in American misfortune and misery can the Democrats see opportunity.......must be a hangover mentality ...from the Great Depression.

[Paperdoll]

>...this is not a very accurate portrayal of the Iraqui "insurgents".<

Perhaps Michael Reagan was referring the Sunnis as those who carried out Hussein's orders BEFORE the U.S. went into Iraq. Insurgents then. Insurgents now do seem to be mostly non-Iraqi, but it is very difficult to tell.

[Paperdoll]

Michael Reagan for President?

[Blue State Insurgent]

Sunnicrats.

[Chairman Fred]

"Religion is the Opium of the Masses." - Karl Marx

Power is the rock cocaine of the Left.

[TXnMA]

IIRC, it was General Franks who, while our troops were still advancing on Baghdad, predicted future problems with those displaced Sunni Baathist "dead-enders".

Maybe we should adopt the same term for Democrats -- or, maybe, "DUmb-enders"... '-)

[TXnMA]

As long as they do so out in the middle of open, otherwise unoccupied fields -- why not?

[LibertarianInExile]

That's because their way isn't primarily about America anyway.

"The communist revolution will therefore be no merely national one; it will be a revolution taking place simultaneously in all civilised countries, that is, at least in England, America, France and Germany . . . It will also have an important effect upon the other countries of the world, and will completely change and greatly accelerate their previous manner of development. It is a worldwide revolution and will therefore be worldwide in scope." Engels, Principles of Communism

[do the dhue]

ping

[ozzymandus]

The far left in this country isn't much removed from the islamic terrorists, and the MSM enables them both.

[stockstrader]

The Sunni's and the democrats are both on the same page in Iraq. They are BOTH doing whatever they can to undermine the efforts of the US military,,,,and ensure that the US pulls out of Iraq.

Democrats are absolutely shameless. The only difference between democrats and Sunnis--is that Sunnis don't PRETEND to support the troops. If it wasn't for double standards--democrats/liberals wouldn't have ANY.

[do the dhue]

A vote for any Democrat is a vote for the enemy

HEAR!!! HEAR!!! to that!!!

This article by Reagan was one of the best I have read. Yes, I have been saying that the Demorats are flag mangling traitors and all. And I will easily agree with what Reagan is saying on any day. Reagan did it so nice though. He called them terrorist without calling them terrorist. While I was reading it, I could see Coward Dean sitting in a mud hut with Al-Zarqari. I did finally remember that just like Generalissimo Francesco Francis, Al-Zarqari is still dead. Therefore, he couldn't possibly be in a mud hut with Coward Dean. But while I was reading, I could just see it.

[do the dhue]

[Milhous]

What a week! Ann Coulter articulates the Left's doctrine of infallibility, Rush explores leftists as authoritarians, and now Michael Reagan offers insight into America's Democrat insurgency.

[prognostigaator]

bttt.

[stockstrader]

We'll just have to start calling the democrats 'domestic insurgents' from now on!

[Christian4Bush]

bttt