I Stand by My Comment That If Democrats Win, the Insurgents Win (John Gibson)

FOX NEWS ^ | 10-25-06 | John Gibson (MY WORD transcript)

[smoothsailing]

I Stand by My Comment That If Democrats Win, the Insurgents Win

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 By John Gibson

E-mailers are hammering me today for saying something provocative yesterday.

I said: "If Democrats who hate Bush and who hate the war in Iraq win, the insurgents win. I'm sorry, but it's true. America will set a date to get out and jihad will have carried the day."

I'll repeat: Sorry, but it's true.

Democrats like John Kerry and John Murtha want a date to get out, and they are going to be difficult to deny if the Dems win. It isn't going to be reasonable to expect the moderate Dems to hold off the wild-eyed lefties if the wild-eyed lefties are the ones who mobilize the left to get out and vote. They are going to insist on their precious withdrawal date, and they will get it. And the insurgents will have won a great victory.

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What's so hard to figure out about this?

Democrats — OK, correction — leftists want America out of Iraq and so does bin Laden's insurgency. Iraqis may want us to stay to protect them from each other but that is not going to matter to the "let's redeploy now" crowd.

Look, I understand why people are unhappy with the war and don't like the way it has turned out. But there has to be some perspective here....

[PigRigger]

These DUmmies think that if we just leave the muzzies alone they will go away and not bother us any more

So true....I actually had one guy tell me yesterday that it is a good thing that the Islamofacists are taking over northern Africa when compared to the war lords being in power....I was speechless....

I'm convinced they do not think more than one week in advance when it comes to how today's actions will impact future events...

[MayflowerMadam]

"Our Revolutionary War lasted eight years(1775-1783). Iraq was ruled by Hussein for twenty five years. No one should be surprised if it takes 8-25 years to stabilize Iraq."

All you say is true. (And the pilgrims were ruled by England for a very long time -- 1620 to 1776.) But... is it our job to free them, or theirs? That was my point. Even if we do "free" them, and hand liberty to them on a silver platter, will they appreciate it or retain it? Will they care enough? (Just thinking out loud here.)

[Man50D]

But... is it our job to free them, or theirs? That was my point. Even if we do "free" them, and hand liberty to them on a silver platter, will they appreciate it or retain it? Will they care enough? (Just thinking out loud here.)

It's more than a job. It's a matter of survival to prevent the spread of Islam by replacing it with democracy in the same manner it was a matter of survival to replace Nazism and the Japanese empire with democracy. It took several years for some form of democracy to take hold in Germany and Japan. Any variation of democracy is acceptable so long as it ends attacks on the U.S.