"They want to seize power by force, cast a Taliban-style tyranny over the entirety of Southwest Asia and North Africa (to start), and bring the infidel world to its knees through the control of petroleum.
Why, four years after 9/11, does the media and the Left still fail to grasp this? Could it be because acknowledging this fact requires a stark choice to either fight or surrender, and they would prefer to create a fantasy through sophistry to allow them to simply go AWOL instead?"
As far as the Dems and the MSM are concerned, they can't see any further than their noses and all they know is they hate George W. Bush. Karl Rove is on the front page and terrorist attacks are on p. 8.
Why, four years after 9/11, does the media and the Left still fail to grasp this? Could it be because acknowledging this fact requires a stark choice to either fight or surrender, and they would prefer to create a fantasy through sophistry to allow them to simply go AWOL instead?"
IMO That's pretty much it. They don't really realise that we are at war. They are still thinking pre-9-11, find the people who did this (whatever terrorist act you care to name) arrest them and bring them to trial.
IMO They veiw war as a failure to "understand" the other side, that and they don't really understand evil. That there are people out there who will kill you because you don't think, act, believe exactly like they do.