Only a drooling idiot ever believed that Islam is somehow compatible with democracy. Remember that Dubya yammered on and on and on about how Islam is a "religion of peace."
Only a drooling idiot could have said that.
And Dubya said it many times.
So, let's try to draft up a syllogism, shall we?
All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore Socrates is mortal.
Likewise, all who say that Islam is a "religion of peace" and is somehow compatible with democracy are blithering idiots. George W. Bush said many times that Islam is a "religion of peace" and that it is completely compatible with democracy. Therefore, George W. Bush is a blithering idiot.
QED.
Deal with it, Neocons. You were wrong. You created one of the greatest foreign policy blunders in our history. We told you so, but you were too arrogant (as blithering idiots always are) to ever even give it a second thought.
All warmongering Neocons owe us Buchananite conservatives a thoroughly groveling apology.
I can only hope that from here on out we as a nation will finally remember George Washington's admonition about foreign entanglements, turn our backs on all these imperial designs once and for all, retreat to Fortress America and raise the bloody drawbridge and leave it up until Kingdom Come.
Bush’s problem wasn’t that he did it. It was that he didn’t defend it, and he didn’t use it as a springboard to destabilize Iran.
Patrick J. Buchanan is not well liked by the Conservative stalwarts of Free Republic. I humbly advise you to tread very lightly here (and sniff the air for ozone) when supporting any viscious anti-Semite, especially #6 on the list.
Right now, the neocons (and too many FReepers) are engaged in the same debate George Washington’s doctors had after he died:
“It all would be OK now if we’d just bled him a little more!!!”
The alternative cannot be contemplated.
Fair. But we will never know what events would unfold if we did not invade Iraq. Perhaps Saddam would have unleashed hell on the region and/or world. Perhaps not.
So we need to deal with today’s reality.