The American Left and ISIS

American Thinker ^ | 9/19/2014 | J.R. Dunn

[markomalley]

Since the appearance of ISIS, the usual suspects on the left -- those in politics and media in particular  -- have bent over backwards to argue that it has nothing to do Obama, that his silly foreign policy, undergrad strategic considerations, and infinitely collapsible notion of American responsibilities unfolded in a vacuum and could not possibly have had any effect on anything.  No, the fault, of course, is that of George W. Bush and his neocon camarilla.  If it weren’t for Bush, a strong, wise, and humane Saddam Hussein would be present to destroy this Jihadi upsurge, exactly the way Gadhafi and Mubarak did.

This chatter has redoubled since the ISIS tightened its hold on Syria and northern Iraq and Obama demonstrated himself incapable of mounting any sort of coherent resistance.  It can be found anywhere from the NYT to HuffPo to CNN, but I saw put most succinctly by Ron Fourier of the National Journal:

Called again to confront a threat in the Middle East, Americans keep tripping over the baggage of George W.  Bush.

In 2003, we trusted.  Not again.  The president vowed retribution against terrorists who slaughtered Americans.  The Defense secretary and secretary of State spoke of imminent threats.  The intelligence community leaked word of Americans-turned-terrorists and sleeper cells.  Those actions echo today, but Americans are of a different mind—not nearly as credulous, or as willing to fight.

Utilizing foreign policy, whether successes or failures, to manipulate domestic politics is mostly an exercise in self-delusion, since there is rarely any one-to-one correlation involved.  That is clearly the case with the Bush-wrecked-the-Middle-East argument.  The Mideast being what it is, nobody ever comes out a clear winner.  The best that can be done is to control the latest blowup while preparing for the next…

[Common Sense 101]

If it weren’t for Bush, a strong, wise, and humane Saddam Hussein would be present to destroy this Jihadi upsurge, exactly the way Gadhafi and Mubarak did.

Uh, I'm confused... wasn't the ass hat clown-in-chief sitting in the big boy chair when Gadhafi and Mubarak were removed from power?

[ripley]

“The American Left and Isis”

Just about the same mentality.

IMHO

[DaveA37]

I thought they were the same all along. What’s different?

[Dqban22]

AMERICAN BEWARE!!!

ISLAM, RELIGION OF PEACE

Remember Otranto

http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/how-the-800-martyrs-of-otranto-saved-rome

y Famagusta

http://archive.redstate.com/story/2006/7/25/104316/421

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

MUSLIMS Crucifies and behead Christian boys

Gruesome and revolting pictures

https://www.google.com/search?q=isis+beheading+children&rlz=2T4NDKB_enUS0538US0540&biw=1024&bih=515&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=dSccVM7aO6nI8gGq9YHIDA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

DEPORT ALL TO THEIR OWN COUNTRIES

[ripley]

“I thought they were the same all along.”

Me too.

IMHO