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Dems' Favorite Halloween Costume: Patriot [Ann Coulter]
anncoulter.com ^ | October 25, 2006 | Ann Coulter

Posted on 10/25/2006 2:52:34 PM PDT by pogo101

After some of us began to ask which part of the war on terrorism Democrats support, Larry Kudlow put the question directly to Rep. Barney Frank on CNBC's "Kudlow & Company." Frank said: "What part of the war on terrorism do I support? I voted for war in Afghanistan."

On "60 Minutes" last Sunday night, aspiring House speaker Nancy Pelosi denounced the war in Iraq as not "part of the war on terror." The war on terror, she said "is the war in Afghanistan."

So that's it. The one part of the war on terror — or "so-called war on terror," as New York Times so-called columnist Bob Herbert calls it — Democrats even pretend to support is the war in Afghanistan.

Immediately after the attacks of 9/11, Democrats had no choice but to vote in favor of that war — of any war. (Save one member of Congress — guess which party? Answer: Rep. Barbara Lee, Democrat, of California.)

If Bush had gone to war with Iraq immediately after 9/11 and waited to attack Afghanistan, Democrats would now be pretending to support the Iraq war while pointlessly carping about Afghanistan. Afghanistan didn't attack us on 9/11! The Taliban didn't attack us! What's our exit strategy? How do you define "victory" in Afghanistan, anyway? It's a quagmire — aahhhhh!

The beauty of Democrats' pretending to be hawks on Afghanistan is that most people can't remember what liberals said five minutes after they said it, much less five years later.

In fact, during the brief five weeks it took American forces to take Kabul and send the Taliban scurrying, liberals were not the flag-waving patriots they would have us believe.

In October 2001, Sen. Joe Biden gave a speech before the Council on Foreign Relations saying that America's air war in Afghanistan made the United States look like "this high-tech bully that thinks from the air we can do whatever we want to do."

Four weeks before U.S. troops completely vanquished the Taliban, Kim Jong Il's pal, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, said on CNN's "Capital Gang" that the Taliban would not soon be toppled. He cited his experience with the Taliban, saying: "I think they can hold on for a while. They were very resilient."

Howard Dean joined Michael Moore in arguing that Osama bin Laden was innocent until proved guilty.

Except for a few idiots like Biden, Richardson and Dean, most politicians — who have to run for election — duly voted in favor of the war in Afghanistan and let their mouthpieces in the media bash it for them. (Remember: A lot of them voted for war in Iraq, too.)

Democrats who would not have to face voters — we call them "reporters" — were calling Afghanistan a "quagmire" approximately six minutes after we invaded.

Thomas Ricks, the Washington Post reporter who currently has a book out saying the war in Iraq is not succeeding, also said the war in Afghanistan was not succeeding.

On Oct. 27, 2001, Ricks said this about Afghanistan — not Iraq: "Although there is little evidence — yet — that the U.S. approach is succeeding, officials at the Pentagon and the White House said yesterday that they are sticking with their original strategy."

Our boys had taken Kabul before Ricks' article hit the recycling bin.

The media gave us gleeful reports on friendly fire incidents in Afghanistan, incessant body counts, numbers of civilian dead and polls showing that the rest of world hated us. Christiane Amanpour reported on CNN in February 2002 that "77 percent of those (Muslims) interviewed said the U.S. war in Afghanistan was morally unjustifiable." The Muslim world hates us — because of the war Democrats claim to support.

In an Oct. 27, 2001, column titled "How to Lose a War," New York Times columnist Frank Rich wrote that the Taliban "are proving Viet Cong-like in their intractability." He stated categorically that "we're losing that battle for Afghan hearts and minds" — proving Rich to be as competent a military analyst as any longtime New York Times theater critic could reasonably be expected to be.

Say, when is the Times going to hire generals to review the latest Broadway offerings? I think more people would like to read Tommy Franks' review of "Rent" than Frank Rich's review of a war.

Times columnist Maureen Dowd, more macho than Rich, asked: "Are we quagmiring ourselves again?" Apparently so. She cited Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem's denial that we were getting bogged down in Afghanistan as "a sure sign we're getting bogged down."

In October 2001, on ABC News' "World News Tonight," anchor Peter Jennings asked Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan: "Do you believe that the United States is possibly facing a quagmire in Afghanistan?"

The first time liberals had a kind word for the war in Afghanistan was when they needed to pretend to support some war in order to attack the war in Iraq with greater vigor. To get them to support the Iraq war, all we have to do is attack Iran.


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To: pogo101
To get them to support the Iraq war, all we have to do is attack Iran.

Ann's a genius!!!!

21 posted on 10/25/2006 5:58:19 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: monkapotamus

bump


22 posted on 10/25/2006 5:59:58 PM PDT by visitor ("[MAYBE] Not all Muslims are Terrorists, but ALL [INTERNATIONAL] Terrorists are Muslims")
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To: pogo101
...the Taliban "are proving Viet Cong-like in their intractability."

For those new to the neighborhood, this is what Col. Bui Tin, a senior staff member of Gen. Giap, said about the Viet Cong:

"Our loses were staggering and a complete surprise. Giap later told me that Tet had been a military defeat,... Our forces in the South were nearly wiped out by all the fighting in 1968. It took us until 1971 to reestablish our presence but we had to use North Vietnamese troops as local guerrillas."

Intractably dead, maybe.

23 posted on 10/25/2006 6:06:44 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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24 posted on 10/26/2006 3:32:31 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: pogo101

I do not recall if it was Afghanistan or Iraq but I do remember AC stating that we would have KKK Byrd's full support if we renamed it the Robert Byrd War Against Terrorism.


25 posted on 10/26/2006 3:41:20 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: 7thson

There's therapy for that, you know.


26 posted on 10/26/2006 3:42:50 AM PDT by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: ShadowDancer

I started doing this because someone always screams for pictures and the rules, etc. So, I figure - you want pictures, I'll give you pictures. I'll put it to a vote. Let Freepers decide if they want me to stop or not. Just say yea or nay.


27 posted on 10/26/2006 4:05:31 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: 7thson

I for one always appreciate your photo post to Ann Coulter threads!


28 posted on 10/26/2006 5:33:51 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: pogo101

*New York Times columnist Frank Rich... stated categorically that 'we're losing that battle for Afghan hearts and minds' -- proving Rich to be as competent a military analyst as any longtime New York Times theater critic could reasonably be expected to be.*

~ Oh, [snort] [snort] [snort]! The well-placed shiv is a lovely sight to see.


29 posted on 10/26/2006 7:23:46 AM PDT by redstates4ever
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To: pogo101
The New York Times' quagmire
Now that the Taliban have been routed, what will the media fret about?

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By Norah Vincent

Nov. 16, 2001 | For a long, long time to come, the word "quagmire" will be associated with the New York Times' coverage of our present war in Afghanistan. This sadly onomatopoeic term has appeared in the Old Gray Lady nearly 20 times in the last 30 days, and has spread to nearly as many newspapers and magazines across the country. Its ubiquity has been tarnishing our morale like the worst of self-fulfilling prophesies, dragging us down into the drooping posture of the Yeatsian beast. We've been slouching toward Kabul, or so they've said.

But now we're dancing in its streets. It's time we shirked this gloomy posture, and stood up to claim our decidedly sure-footed victories in the supposedly unconquerable land of the now fleeing Taliban.

We've pulled off a stunning coup literally overnight, and we've done so in little more than a month of precision bombing. But, all the while, a ceaseless cacophony of negativity has been wafting from the haughtiest liberal corners of the homefront press. They just can't seem to let us enjoy our fine hour, however fleeting it may prove to be. There's always a dark side, always a catch to the small good we seem to be doing, or some hidden failure behind the Pentagon's proud dispatches.

-- http://archive.salon.com/news/col/vincent/2001/11/16/quagmire/index_np.html
30 posted on 10/26/2006 11:24:35 AM PDT by OESY
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To: pogo101

BUMP


31 posted on 10/26/2006 11:50:02 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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