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"What worries me about the reaction of liberals and Democrats is not the skepticism, which is pardonable, but the dank and sinister impression they give that the worse the tidings, the better they would be pleased. The latter mentality isn't pardonable and ought not to be pardoned, either."

Excellent column! Unfortunately, Mr. Hitchens, that is not merely some "impression they give" that much/most of the left is rooting hard for disaster and defeat for America. They (a large proportion of people who call themselves liberals, progressives, brave [sic] men and women of the left, etc.) have proved over and over and over again in the past 4 years that they desire the defeat of the US in Iraq..... anything to weaken Bush/Cheney, evil capitalism, etc. I can not longer view any Democrats except Joe Lieberman and Zell Miller, et al with anything but contempt and disdain. They have tried their best to weaken and undermine the USA at war because they thought a world with a chastened, hesitant USA and a discredited Bush/Cheney administration would be far preferable (in their eyes) to a successful, triumphant America looking stronger than ever on the world stage.

Agreed.

I would question their patriotism, if I thought they had any.

I couldn't have better stated the position of Stalin's usefull idiots. Such a really frail, deceitful crowd they are at best.
And seditious and treasonous at worse.