Posted on 02/01/2005 4:39:35 PM PST by katman
And there are people who expressed stridant opposition even though if it were Clinton in office they would have been the shouting the loudest hallelujahs. I cannot express the loathing I feel for them.
"Does history record any case in which the majority was right?" --Heinlein
At least this guy has enough guts to admit he was wrong and Bush was right. I give him that much.
Color me skeptical.
I fully expect even thinking libs will play the game of passive loathing of the President -- hoping that even minor setbacks in Iraq will result in some sort of political advantage for the left. What have they got to lose? If Iraq collapses then they get to say, "See, I told you so," but if successes in Iraq continue, they can always maintain one dodge or another.
What inevitably happens is that one in denial of this will twist facts around so that all ideals may be simultaneously satisfied, that is, that there was a practical course of action that did not involve violence that would have served freedom and democracy as well. This is why so many of them insisted that sanctions and negotiation would have produced the same result despite clear evidence that they had not and would not. Many European theorists are not so hampered because they aren't so enamored of the "freedom and democracy" ideals themselves, that the latter are merely convenient abstractions with which to flog those who really do believe in them with the accusation of hypocrisy. Those people may be safely ignored. The rest should be cultivated. Rigorous examination of ideals in the fact of their practical results takes an intellectual toughness that not everyone possesses.
"fact" = "face" Spellchecking won't help you now, Drill...
No, we are giving humanitarian aid to freedom fighters by enforcing justice and defending America. How do you "impose" freedom on hostages?
This is obvious absurdity, as C.S. Lewis put it in The Abolition of Man. Many people have been indocrinated by LIEberals during this American Education Crisis, as you can see from the above quote. It is difficult for many to deal with the fact that they have been defrauded in a way worse than an Enron scam, and on a larger scale and with deeper consequences. It's like the economic Great Depression, this poverty of reason.
Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."
“...freedom really may mean something to the Iraqi people...”
You really think so?
“What if it turns out Bush was right, and we were wrong?”
Is that actually possible?
“Maybe the United States really can...”
Would that count as a miracle?
“Obviously, I'm still curious to see if Bush is willing to allow the Iraqis to install a government that is free...”
Obviously, you still think Bush lies.
I think the real message is: My writing career will probably do a lot better if I’m on the winning side, and it’s starting to look like I’m not.
One more thing, please..a link to the DU thread on this column..
no dissing here.
i couldn't believe ted's remarks during the fight with al sadr's people.
the stuff kennedy said one day was repeated the next by al sadr on al jazzera.
This is amazing.
The truth hurts huh Dems.
good essay though
Reason and Logic are tools of the White Male Oppressor.
A large % of the "left" are clueless fools. The rest are commies. The left has alwas known Bush was right. Their bit-h is that they aren't the ones running things and handling the dollar$. All their editorializing" is smoke and mirrors to cover their trail.
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