Posted on 02/07/2007 6:33:42 AM PST by NewMediaJournal
Sir Winston Churchill, who today would be considered the master of the one-liner, understood politicians extremely well. With this simple, timeless, but quite accurate statement, Churchill captures today’s liberal Democrats in the American Congress without ever meeting any of them: “When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”
The cacophony of parrot-jabber coming out of the House and the Senate is deafening and the racket doesn’t stop there. There has been plenty of blather coming from the green zone in Iraq as well.
Like a herd of donkeys, some Democratic presidential hopefuls stampeded into Iraq so that they could claim to have seen the problems first hand. Of course, there was little that could be seen from the green zone or over the wall of bodyguards that constantly surround visiting “dignitaries.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton, looking fashionable in her body armor, lamented about how the American people and the American Congress no longer believe that the Iraq “mission” can be won. She found the entire situation, “heartbreaking.” After giving her encouragement to the troops about their failed “mission,” she turned her attention to the Iraqi government. Hillary promptly endeared herself to the democratically elected government by practically calling them all useless liars.
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I don't think we can win a war with the enemey within given free reign. At least in the cold war we had secrets we kept, and spys were hung. Now spys print our secrets in the NY Times and suffer no punishment, and half our legislature is dedicated to the proposition that our failure is a very important goal to achieve.
With no plausible scenario to silence and defeat the parrots I think we are effectively neutered as a force for good.
That is one spectacular essay. Thanks for posting it.
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