They didn't protest when Cuban troops were committing war crimes against Black Africans in Angola.
They didn't protest when North Korea fired a missile over Japan.
They didn't protest when Clinton, Chirac, and Scroeder attacked Serbia (heck, they didn't even demand "inspectors" for the alleged "mass graves" and they didn't even ask for UN approval).
They didn't protest when Al Qaeda attacked the World Trade Centers and Pentagon.
They didn't protest when Anthrax was unleashed on us by our enemies.
But they DID protest our attacks on Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. They ARE protesting against our potential attack on Iraq, and they are ranting non-stop about how they hate President Bush.
Moreover, the organizers of the protestors (International ACT - ANSWER) are open, overt, admitted, unreconstructed Communists.
So no, the Left can't handle honest debate because it would reveal them to be the traitors that they are.
In fact at this point in time, they have little left to toss at us besides more of the same tired old agitprop that we've been hearing from the Left since 1961.
So there is simply NO WAY that Tom, Dan, or Peter are going to permit anyone on the Right to counter their daily spin. Their ideology is too bankrupt to allow such open combat.
Nor will the New York Times permit a Conservative to write "the other side" to balance each of their Editorial rants. Their spiel simply loses in any reasonable side-by-side comparison of Left versus Right ideas.
Not to overly dwell on the point, but the Left hasn't even had a new idea in more than a decade (good thing they call themselves "progressives", eh).
Thus, like the title to this thread, the Left does indeed howl; likewise, the Left refuses to argue or debate.