Dems Irked Over Zarqawi's Death

NewsMax.com ^ | June 8, 2006 | Carl Limbacher

[Carl/NewsMax]

Grassroots Democrats weighing in on several popular liberal web sites Thursday morning said that they were troubled by reports that al Qaeda's top operational terrorist, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, had been killed in a U.S. air strike.

Reacting to the news, one visitor to the Daily Kos complained that using military force to kill Zarqawi "violates everything my America stands for."

"It violates the rule of law and invokes the rule of force in what should be a criminal, not a military, matter."

Another Daily Kos'er was irked because he thought the news would benefit President Bush:

"No doubt Karl Rove will have the Sock Puppet President acting as if he personally dropped the bomb that killed that jackass," he wrote. "But other than a couple of photo ops of Bush looking cocky, it does nothing because two more tin-plated Zarqawi's will pop up."

A third Kos poster suggested that there was little difference between the top al Qaeda terrorist and the leader of the free world, writing: "Now [that] we are rid of one murderous tyrant - how about the removal of another one-believed hiding in a safe-house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?"

Over at the Democratic Underground, reaction to news of Zarqawi's death was also negative:

"Convenient too that this would happen now," complained one DU'er: "Guess we should just all forget about that Haditha mess, the fact that we are approaching 2,500 dead and the fact that our economy is in big trouble."

Another DU poster said that killing the al Qaeda chief really wasn't such a big deal, insisting: "Zarqawi was a fringe group of al Qaeda, and definitely NOT responsible for the bulk of the insurgency and civil war now occurring in Iraq. Any gains that they hope to receive will be short-lived when reality strikes home."

[Chi-townChief]

Sounds like the lefties are breaking out the black veils.

[BaBaStooey]

You neglect to mention all the nutjobs who called in on the Democratic line to CSPAN this morning.

[Grampa Dave]

Let them keep posting.

Their Canadian Brothers found out that people were watching what they posted and said on phones.

[RandallFlagg]

Hey, there. Any chance you can go to The Dark Side and copy some of the most outrageous posts that you can find and put 'em here? I can't go because the place isn't exactly work-friendly.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Delusion \De*lu"sion\n. [L. delusio, fr. deludere. See Delude.]

1. The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. --Pope.

2. The state of being deluded or misled.

3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

And fondly mourned the dear delusion gone. --Prior.

Syn: Delusion, Illusion.

Usage: These words both imply some deception practiced upon the mind. Delusion is deception from want of knowledge; illusion is deception from morbid imagination. An illusion is a false show, a mere cheat on the fancy or senses. It is, in other words, some idea or image presented to the bodily or mental vision which does not exist in reality. A delusion is a false judgment, usually affecting the real concerns of life.


Psychosis \Psy*cho"sis\, n. [NL. See Psycho-.]

1. Any vital action or activity. --Mivart.

2. (Med.) A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes.

Pathologic \Path`o*log"ic\, Pathological \Path`o*log"ic*al\, a. (Med.) Morbid; due to disease; abnormal; as, pathological tissue; a pathological condition.

[MosesKnows]

have now sided openly with the terrorists.

Have now????? What the hell do you think the've been doing?

[johnny7]

American socialists... just like their Marxist-commie brethren... are ALWAYS pulling for the enemy. Only when America's will is broken... and it's citizens walk in rubble... can they ever hope to achieve power.

[goldstategop]

They hate Rummy more than the Al Qaeda psychopath monster we sent off to the Great Tribunal In The Sky. The Left is sick down to its soul.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[Proud_USA_Republican]

LOL! Don't you mean black burkas!

[zook]

Actually, I noted that about 4% of those posting at DU were pleased with Zarqawi's death.

[baltoga]

The termination of Zarqawi is bad news for the antiwar protesters. I'm sure the Dixie Chicks and Neal Young will collaborate on releasing a tribute song for Zarqawi.

[RightWingAtheist]

The reality-based community is in mourning. Quel surprise.

[N. Theknow]

But of course we must never question their patriotism!

My standard response to "Are you questioning my patriotism?" is

"No, you haven't shown any patriotism. When you get either the brains or the balls to show some then I might question it."

[CWOJackson]

The Dem's are miffed? You should check out these posts from right here on FR. My favorite so far:

"Big Deal. In WW2 Zarqawi would have been the equivalent of a low end german officer. Our great military has been reduced to chasing and killing radical office clerks."

[Mr. Jeeves]

"It violates the rule of law and invokes the rule of force in what should be a criminal, not a military, matter."

The Democrat worldview in a nutshell. I suppose European Interpol agents armed with really severe letters of reprimand to Al Qaeda leaders from the Hague would have been more effective. ;)

[ShandaLear]

DU Definition of Power: Anything or anyone wno threatens their grasp for political power.

[BamaAndy]

These kind of people are truly distrubed, confused and void of even the slightest element of common sense. They lack intelligence--one gets the feeling they were taught by a marxist in the seventh grade and never were able to leave seventh grade. Truly stupid people, not just politcally liberal, but bone deep stupid.

[gunnedah]

This should show this nation that Democrats are anti-American,cowards and support terrorism. The law and order they stand for is the law and order that protects them and not average Americans. These same Democrats and the ACLU have made it harder for Americans to walk in saftey on our own streets. They are bleeding die hard liberals that believe in survival of the fittest for the common man while hiding behind their gated communities and having police agencies to put everyone who trespass in their areas in jail. They manipulate the government at the common mans peril.

[CAWats]

"Convenient too that this would happen now," complained one DU'er: "Guess we should just all forget about that Haditha mess, the fact that we are approaching 2,500 dead and the fact that our economy is in big trouble."


Aw, Mr.(?) DU'er, you got us! Yep, you figured out all this was prearranged. We were saving killing al Zarqawi for when the Haditha mess came to light and deaths were approaching 2,500 and the economy is bad (except for me). You're just to too smart for us.

[CaliGirlGodHelpMe]

I visited DU this morning, just to enjoy a little schadenfreude, but after about 3 minutes, I just couldn't stand it anymore. The main thrust seemed to be that there really was no Al Zarqawi, that he was an invention of the Bush administration to keep the country angry at the insurgents. Either that or that he is real, but isn't really dead. Those people are simply nuts, there's no other word for it.