To me—us—we knew what had to be done. Sadam would have to be taken out. The use of some property (including a cut-a-way 747) training of Al Qaeda operatives were another reason. There was no way of knowing when Bin Laden and Hussein would hatch a deal and covertly send misguided Islamic fascists to kill as many other Americans or British or Australians or French or Spanish or Indonesians or who… the left had their issue. As soon as we massed military south of Iraq and began the bombing runs, the left was all set and comforted with an issue. And members of the left came out of their basements, from under their beds and stepped outside their government provided studio apartments prepared to send the world a message about how embarrassed they are to be Americans—and did via the internet. Some Marxists-in-training emerged from the dorm room on campus Mom and Dad rents for their enlightened angel. Other followers of the script sat on their ass waiting for someone else to tell them what to do and when. Editors and writers of newsmagazines and large circulation newspapers set to work out the details as to how they would proceed to launch their own attacks—not against Islamic terrorists but against America. The more upscale leftists met at Starbucks and had coffees while they joyously railed against their country and fueled each other’s hatred for George Bush. One of the “USA loving” leftist came to be known as a preacher of black liberation theology and had a future candidate for the Presidency in the congregation to which he explained that 9-11 was America’s “chickens coming home to roost.”
BamaAndy, excellent post - thank you!