[gridlock]

An insight into what motivates the Anti-War left. They look at the current situation, a conflict between the Democratic West and a murderous tyrant with a funny mustache and decide that we are the NAZIs.

[dirtboy]

Ted Rall is the author of "Gas War: The Truth Behind the American Occupation of Afghanistan," an analysis of the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline and the motivations behind the war on terrorism.

Oh, yeah, you mean the carefully researched expose that claimed that the Caspian had as much proven reserves as the Persian Gulf - when just ONE country, Saudi Arabia, has over EIGHT times the proven reserves of the Caspian.

Lucky for Rall that the standards for liberal journalism have sunk so low that even an unprofessional hack such as he can make a living doing it.

[DoughtyOne]

[LeftiesBinWhinin]

I agree. This type of rabble should be closely watched for any more signs of foaming at the mouth...

[craig_eddy]

but he's their problem, not ours

Hmm, I wonder how he would react to people saying we should close our borders and not allow Mexico's sick and downtrodden into our country. We could say "they're Mexico's problem, not ours" and I wonder how this ultra-maroon would respond?

[Dimensio]

He does make several points that would be valid if not for the fact that the conflict is about Saddam violating the cease-fire agreement from the original Gulf War.

One of the problems that I see is that a number of people are arguing resons for going to war with Iraq apart from violations of the cease-fire agreement. Unfortunately, Saddam being a "very bad man" isn't justification for this kind of conflict, so such irrelevant issues give ammo to the anti-war crowd who use it to distract from the issue of Saddam's noncompliance.

[Aeronaut]

I can't believe I read all of this. I feel like I need a shower.

[VeniVidiVici]

Like a good German watching my countrymen march into Poland and Belgium and Luxembourg and France, I don't want them to win and I don't want them to lose.

If this statement of his doesn't state what liberalism is in a nutshell, I don't know what will.

With a single sentence he demonstrates perfectly that liberals have no convictions; no sense of right or wrong.

[DoughtyOne]

  

[chaosagent]

"Americans should set aside their political differences once the Mother of All Bombs starts blowing up munitions dumps and babies in Baghdad."

Maybe they shouldn't put their munition dumps and babies in the place.

[NorCoGOP]

Cheering them as they leave and holding parades when they return would certainly be misinterpreted by citizens of other countries as popular support for an inglorious enterprise--and it would make it easier for Bush to send them off again, to Iran or Libya or wherever. Let's keep our flags under wraps.

Let's put this guy up as the Parade Marshall, with a big sign with this quote on it, when our troops do finish the job...

I'd like to see if he'd survive the spectators, let alone the troops in the parade...

[gcruse]

Up until 'Germans in the 1930s,' Rall makes valid points. All that follows is what you would expect from a cartoonist.

[Billthedrill]

We find ourselves facing the paradox of the "good German" of the '30s.

If Ted means himself by "we" then he's right - he finds himself in the position of the moral equivalency buffs in WWII that thought Hitler and FDR were just as bad as one another and that there was nothing untoward going on in Belsen-Bergen and Auschwitz - just Allied propaganda. When the time comes for the revelation of just how evil Saddam's fascists were Rall will be claiming it was somebody else's fault for leaving him in office so long.

[f.Christian]

"Jimmy is advocating that America disarm. Apparently, he does not realize that the nation already had a program of disarmament. It was called The Clinton Administration. It is the measure of Carter’s gullibility that Satan means well. We can humor him about that. He also naively believes that things like treason and pregnancy are always unintentional. This was after innumerable state dinners at which he thought he heard Clinton raise his glass and offer the toast, ”Ladies and Gentlemen, here’s wishing ... aid and comfort (( link )) --- to the enemy.”

[Paulus Invictus]

The RATS went too far and waited too long into their anti-American rants and are trying to soften it by telling us they are for the "troops" Hogwash! They wanted Bush to fail at the UN, they want Bush to fail in the war against terrorism , against Iraq and certainly are opposed to Bush-lead economic recovery. This negative position was their only hope and we must not let them forget their evil stance when voting time comes around in 2004. Start grass roots efforts now to make the issues clear to voters.

[aculeus]

Ted Rall "fans" assemble here.