What scares the bejeebers out of Lefty "protesters"
"I've been to demonstrations and rallies all over the country. . . people just want to be heard," Michael Callandrillo tells the New York Times. The 53-year old teacher from Dover, N.J., traveled across the Hudson to attend Saturday's anti-U.S. demonstration in neighboring New York, amid blustery speeches, sign-waving and blaring banners decreeing "The World Says No To War, others demanding a "Free Palestine!" The anti-Semitism/pro-militant Islamism of the crowd was only thinly disguised.
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"It was so wonderful to see the turnout in Europe and New York," chirped Miriam Hutchins, 59, also quoted in the Times. The Petaluma, Calif. teacher was part of Sunday's anti-U.S. mobilization at the Civic Center in San Francisco, scraggly crowds singing John Lennon's "Imagine" in Arabic amid shouts of "we will not turn our sons and daughters into mortar" angrily piercing the air. (The event, initially set for Saturday, got pushed back a day "to avoid conflicting with the Chinese New Year celebration," reports the Times. Political Correctness, in this crowd, is paramount.)
"An attack on Iraq will stimulate terrorism against the United States," declared Joan Buell, attending the same event, also quoted in the Times. The 77-year old of Cupertino, Calif., predicted "the consequence [of war in Iraq] is going to be World War III, and I am very depressed about it."
Question: Besides their hatred of Bush, and being whiners and bedwetters, what two things do Michael, Miriam and Joan all share in common? Yes, the 3 joined throngs of scraggly protesters clogging city streets from New York to L.A., from Miami to Seattle over the weekend. But besides that -- specifically, what are those two things all 3 share equally?
Fear and loathing, that's what.
Fear of what? Fear of victory -- America winning another war of liberation (a la Afghanistan) in Iraq, another major advance in the War on Terror. (Shhhhhhh! Judy Woodruff doesn't want you to know, but let me share a secret: A.N.S.W.E.R. and affiliate groups organizing the rallies virulently opposed ousting the Taliban after 9/11 -- a fact seldom, if ever, reported anywhere by the media).
The mere thought of Saddam, a fascist dictator who gasses women and children for sport, being removed by U.S. military force, liberating 24 million long-suffering Iraqis, makes Lefties curl up in horror.
They realize Saddam's forces -- scruffy, ragged, demoralized, timely as 8-track tape -- don't stand a prayer against the mightiest and deadliest fighting force ever known to man: The U.S. military. Saddam's army, against computerized tanks and smart munitions, against highly motivated, exceptionally trained men-at-arms, is about as useful as a losing lottery ticket.
That's what scares the bejeebers out of Lefties. Without the hope of massive U.S. casualties quelling their anguish, they know US. victory will be swift and certain, that Saddam's days are numbered. Fear of victory is why the Left so vociferously opposes this war. If Iraq had a smidgen's chance of winning, or inflicting heavy casualties on U.S. soldiers, the Left would be beating the war drums.
'We're not really pro-Saddam,' the peaceniks retort. Saddam knows better. The Butcher-Of-Baghdad expressed his personal gratitude Sunday for their efforts. In all the protests, moreover, not a vague hint of criticism was ever directed at Saddam, the new darling of the Left.
Michael, Miriam and Joan also share a common loathing -- of our military.
Will they -- or any of these protesters -- show up at victory rallies on the streets of New York, flashing 'Welcome Home' signs in a national outpouring of celebration, honoring returning U.S. troops after Desert Storm II? Oh, yeah, right -- and Barbara Streisand makes an excellent spelling instructor and 100,000 shares in WorldCom stock makes a superb investment.
"War is my last choice," Bush said Tuesday at the White House, reacting to the weekend protests as U.S. and British diplomats begin crafting a final U.N. resolution, daring France to veto. "But the risk of doing nothing is even a worse option as far as I'm concerned."
'Ouch!' squealed the peaceniks. In two brief sentences, Bush knocked the wind out of their sails. They were back on defense, the spotlight -- and onus -- was back on Saddam.
Without a hint of wavering, the President noted that "some in the world don't view [Saddam] as a risk to peace. I respectfully disagree."
During his daily White House press briefing, Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer whipped out newspaper clippings of mass protests in Europe against U.S. deployment of missiles in Germany during the Reagan administration. "This," said Fleischer, "is not the first time there have been mass protests and in a previous instance America stood on principle." Result? We won the Cold War.
With Bush's unflinching leadership, we'll win the War on Terror, too.
God bless our President, God bless our Troops and God bless the United States of America!
My two cents..
"JohnHuang2"
