Posted on 12/31/2007 5:25:50 AM PST by vietvet67
Any time our government takes us to war, there is bound to be strong disagreement, but Iraq has been particularly divisive. At times it seems as if some Americans -- certain liberal Democrats in particular -- are eager to declare or even hasten our defeat.
Our missteps in Iraq have been numerous enough to discourage any patriot. Yet leading Democrats are beyond the point of discouragement. They are pessimistic; even hopeless. They have been this way for a long time.
At the first sign of difficulty, they deemed the war a mistake and victory impossible. They quickly adopted the language of defeat and surrender. Some declared the surge a failure before it began and General Petraus a liar before he uttered a public word about its effects. Others are quick to believe reports of alleged atrocities by our own troops, as if seeking an American disgrace. Now, leading Democrats seem to believe that recovery from past mistakes is impossible, and that any hint of success can be only illusory.
Why do so many Democrats cling so tenaciously to hopelessness, failure and despair in Iraq, even in the face of important recent successes?
The reason for this defeatism among Democrats lies beneath mere power politics, electioneering or disdain for President Bush. The real source of defeatism is rooted deep within the liberal mind.
Defeatist Democrats oppose the war in Iraq, not so much because they fear failure, but because they believe failure is inevitable. They believe the Bush Administration's goal of helping Iraq establish a democratic government is a fool's errand. They believe that the Western values on which democratic government is based -- and the Judeo-Christian truths from which those Western values are derived -- are not valid for Iraqis.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Absolutely correct. I’ll add that the fall of the United States is imperative to their Leftist agenda as then the World would follow rapidly into their Global socialist control.
It’s truly an ugly picture.
That is tremendous - I just ordered a bumper sticker for myself.
“A man with a gun is a citizen. A man without a gun is a subject.”
more likely - A man without a gun is a victim!
Do Democrats Really Want Us to Fail in Iraq?
Not all but many have let irrational hatred of Bush take over every aspect of their lives. I’ve never seen anything like it. They simply can’t or won’t understand any thinking that differs from theirs. The few bash Bush neighbors I have won’t even speak to me after I let them know that I don’t share their views.
Victim and subject in this context are synonymous....in fact, there are many synonyms that could be used here. Serf, slave, DemocRat voters, etc.......
These people literally sit around hating America and hating Bush. Of course they want us to fail.
“Do Democrats Really Want Us to Fail in Iraq?”
Rhetorical question, no?
Rawhide...?
My neighbor, a widow, bitched and cursed at me in 2004 when I put a Bush sign in my yard.
I used to clean her driveway with my snowblower every time it snowed.
The operative phrase is "used to".
Don’t have to brand them they do that for themselves.
They are the ones that cut in line at the grocery store.
They are the ones that look like they hate the world.
They are the ones with negative bumper stickers on their SUVS.
They are the ones with the sour looks on their faces drinking Starbucks coffee while browsing the self-help isles of Barnes and Noble.
If it were me I’d keep on cleaning her driveway!
Just so that she’d have to thank me while she hates me ... :-)
Do communists Really Want Us to Fail in Iraq?
Democrats and libs don’t believe in the war because they really don’t believe in America. The America of old where independence from the government was prized and belief in a Judeo-Christian moral standard was taken for granted.
You betcha they do
Will the Left Ever Support the War on Terrorism?
Well written article Chris. Thanks.
Isn’t it funny that the “war” on Global Warming has the same solutions as the “war” on Poverty?
Global Socialism always seems to be the answer. And that’s why they pursue these “wars” as opposed to a war that actually is in defense of our way of life instead of seeking to destroy it.
Tell you local “global warming” advocates this:
It’s the S-U-N, not the S-U-V, that’s causing global warming.
Thank you
Do bears......in the woods?
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