Fear, Shame, Jealousy and Arrogance... a dangerous package to say the least.
Posted on 04/29/2007 10:04:21 AM PDT by rob21
LEGISLATION passed by congressional Democrats last week would force US troops to abandon Iraq beginning Oct. 1. Though a veto was foreordained, the vote was great news for the jihadis in Iraq, their second such morale boost in a week. On April 19, Senate majority leader Harry Reid had run up a white flag, declaring that "this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything" -- music to the ears of Al Qaeda and its allies . Why is the Democratic Party so wedded to defeat in Iraq? What drives its determination to see this war end in American failure?
The most generous explanation is that Democrats genuinely believe that Iraq will be better off with the Americans gone -- that removing US troops will eliminate the catalyst of Al Qaeda 's butchery.
But as Connecticut's Joseph Lieberman pointed out on Thursday, this is sheer fantasy. US troops have retreated from Iraqi cities and regions a number of times, yet "in each of these places where US forces pulled back, Al Qaeda rushed in. Rather than becoming islands of peace, they became . . . islands of fear and violence."
Lieberman quoted the grim forecast of Sheik Abdul Sattar, a Sunni tribal leader in Anbar province: "If the American forces leave right now, there will be civil war and the area will fall into total chaos." The most recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq agrees. An American withdrawal in the near future "almost certainly would lead to a significant increase in the scale and scope of sectarian conflict in Iraq," it concludes. "Massive civilian casualties and forced population displacement would be probable."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
It's hard for me to decide between stupidity and ignorance.
ML/NJ
I would like to make a bumper sticker that reads; No Iraqi blood for votes.
The LUST FOR POWER AND CONTROL is the ONLY thing that drives the socialist liberals. Nothing else is of any importance, especially America and its people — just tools to serve their power.
Their hatred of America and their love for Al-Queda.
Nuts
Or offer the phrase free to anyone who would use it!
Nothing drives the Democrats - What unites them however is a hatred for Bush
I can add to stupidiy and ignorance (which is a bit redundant) - envy and anger.
I would like to see any candidate start out by having a speech telling what a great country the USA is, neither party does this..and it would be refreshing,
BINGO!
No need for further discussion.
"Many House Democrats stayed on the floor, reveling in their victory," reported The Hill on March 23. "House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey and Representative John Murtha hugged each other while a smiling [majority leader Steny] Hoyer shook every hand he could find. . . . [majority whip James] Clyburn joked with members as [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi kissed and hugged her colleagues."
Celebrating surrender and defeat, these bastards are disgusting.
They are losels and kleptocrats. They all are the “Lord Haw-Haws” of our time. They are lickspitles of the “Lord Chamberlain” principle of “Peace in Our Time.”
Fear, Shame, Jealousy and Arrogance... a dangerous package to say the least.
Duncan Hunter talks about the greatness of America every chance he gets, but unfortunately he doesn’t get any media attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7OYqhkHhnk
For years I have felt that contempt for anything and everything American (meaning, in this case, United States) has motivated Democrats for at least three decades.
A far better reason for a study would be to discover how anyone can call himself or herself a Democrat without the shame of it shriveling the speaker to nothingness.
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There is a book (now available in paperback ):
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Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left
(Hardcover)
by David Horowitz
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And reviews:
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Editorial Reviews
Rich Lowry, Editor National Review
David Horowitz is synonymous with pyrotechnics. A historian and polemicist of the first order, he is paid the ultimate compliment --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Davis Hanson, Author, Ripples of Battle
An original look at those who want us to fail in the Middle East, both at home and abroad. The --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Fascinating Analysis of Leftist Goals, August 13, 2006
Reviewer: N. Sincerity - See all my reviews
A former 1960s radical, Horowitz is well-acquainted with the Leftist mindset. In this book, he strives to explain the modern alliance between left wing progressivists and radical Islamofascists. He argues that this alliance is based on a common desire to destroy Western capitalism. Leftist sympathy with Islamofascist ideas makes no sense from an intellectual point of view, given that countries ruled by radical Islamists are among the most racist, sexist, theocratic states in the world today. However, Leftists have recognized that they can benefit politically from destructive terrorist attacks on the Western world. A West under attack can be made to turn on its leaders in fear and desperation (as they did in Spain after the Madrid train bombings). Only once people reject current government structures can the Left execute its anti-capitalist revolution and build a new reality that mirrors the Leftist view of utopia.
The complete and utter idealogical hypocrisy of the Islamofascist-Leftist alliance is distressing, but as Horowitz reminds us,
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They are gods unto themselves.
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