Quick and Dirty Leftist's Guide to Arguing against the War on Terrorism

Right Wing News ^ | September 28, 2002 | John Hawkins

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

There are more of them here than I would have imagined. They've been coming out of their nests lately. Seems like there's a new one every day...and they all sound like Al Gore, or worse (referring specifically to the one who hurls epithets at our active duty military in nearly every post).

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And how about the old saw about "thousands of Americans coming home in body bags"? Besides being an obvious Viet Nam throwback, it is patently ridiculous. These "thousands of Americans coming home in body bags" would, presumably, be placed there by soldiers who A) were placed in their own body bags, by Americans, to the tune of 100,000 or so in 1991, and; B) Surrendered in droves to those UN-bagged Americans.

Have they gotten THAT much better in the intervening years? Since the ONLY time an Arab or Islamist seems to muster courage is when he is conducting a terrorist attack against unarmed civilians (as opposed to ARMED Soldiers), I submit that the answer is no, and the pronunciations of mass doom are moronic. The saddest thing may be that those making those pronouncements have so little faith in their country's military, even though it has won every battle it has fought for MANY decades.

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Bumping this one again 'cause I like it so much. Can anyone think of anything to add? I've kicked in a couple extras already, how 'bout y'all?

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PING to y'all, got any new ones to add? This is fun, thinking up new ones...

[antivenom]

Hell I thought they were the talking points for Meathead prior to his speech he wrote for Gore...

[rdb3]

We can't let Bush win the War on Terrorism! We can't just because he's Bush!

This applies equally to some on the Left and Right.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Bumping the far left/far right talking points.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Bah, these are just the posting guidelines at Democrat Underground.

[MeekOneGOP]

Big Bump !!

[jjm2111]

Very funny. BTTT!

[COB1]

Thanks, LC!
Excellent read!

My favorite one is one I ran across today:

"If we back him in a corner, he is definitely going to attack!"

Remember reading in your history books about the number of countries that tried to pacify and appease Hitler before he invaded Poland?

I'll repeat something I said on that thread:

"We lost 148 military personnel in Desert Storm, a pre-emptive attack to stop Sadaam Hussein.
We lost 600,000 military personnel in WW II when we didn't make a pre-emptive attack on Germany to stop Hitler.
Which course seems the most logical?"

[weegee]

Bush Should Have Stopped It -- But Not That Way!: Yes, the argument Bubba had all the details/plans that George W. Bush needed to stop the 9/11 attacks (and dismantle Al-Quaeda). Of course Bubba never implemented these plans himself (long after the initial 1993 WTC attack) and the Rats protested when Bush started to name who he would appoint to his administration prior to the court decisions. The 2000 election mess drastically slowed down Bush's transition into power. He certainly would not have been able to launch an attack on the radical Islamists without a first strike during his administration. He would have been considered a war monger (much as he is now and we have faced considerable casualties).

How Can We Invade Saddam When He Used To Be Our Friend? : Much the same argument that the left must use to still love Joe Stalin. After all, we teamed up with him to defeat Hitler. The communists could never have really been that bad...

Never Admit That You Are Helping Terrorists And Dictators : Pssshawww! There are no terrorists. The AP refuses to call them this. Suicide/homicide bombers are considered "victims" who are fighting with the only weapons that they have available "their bodies". It all depends on what the meaning of terrorist is: one man's terrorist is another man's lone nut. Charles Bishop/Bishra was not a terrorist (even though he called himself such in his suicide note), the Egyptian gunman at the Israeli Air counter at LAX was not a terrorist...

Pretend To Be Offended When You're Accused Of Anti-Semitism : Don't forget the arab response that they can't be anti-Semetic because they are all "Semites". Perhaps we need to make it all perfectly clear and call them Jew Haters or Jew Bashers.

Tell Those 'Chickenhawks' What For : The left knows all about "chickenhawks" (wasn't this originally a term for gay men who preyed on young boys). Funny how the leftists never took issue with President Bubba Clinton, a man who admittedly loathed the military and ducked out of serving, and all of his military actions into the third world when we weren't attacked. Even pushed for regime changes.

There's No Reason To Bomb Saddam! : People have forgotten that Bubba sent some missles into Iraq because of the plot to kill former President Bush. Some people have tried to say that George W. Bush's Iraq War is to settle Saddam's contract hit on his "daddy". We've already struck out for that action and it was under a different presidency/ruling party.

War For Oil! : He mentions that we don't get oil from Afghanistan but I thought that the left says that it is all about running a pipeline through Afghanistan. But that all sounds to me like the plot of one of the recent James Bond movies (no joke).

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I just read that thread. I see that a certain demidog is posting there. Be advised, he is one of the most irrational, far left libertines on FR. Note the arrogance with which he dismisses our efforts against Saddam Hussein. The sad thing is, he doesn't seem to understand how far LEFT-WING he really is.

[EternalVigilance]

It would seem to me that there have suddenly been an awful lot of 'infil-traitors' here on FR; arguing from this same set of talking points.

[rdb3]

It would seem to me that there have suddenly been an awful lot of 'infil-traitors' here on FR; arguing from this same set of talking points.

Ya think? Watch the rear.

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That's been going on for a while now. Read back through their posts, it's uncanny how accurate this is. Also, check out how closely their posts track with the Peace Pansie's talking points, and anything said by Leftists in the '60s.

Need I say more?

[EternalVigilance]

Need I say more?

Nope!

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Oh, yeah, you might try THIS THREAD for a nice companion piece to this. I've got both of them bookmarked at my homepage, if you want.

[COB1]

LOL!
I've crossed swords with Demidog before.
He's a wuss!

He's so far out in left field, he's playing in another stadium!

[COB1]

"arguing from this same set of talking points."

They all get plugged in, wound up and turned on in the morning, and spit the same garbage all day!