Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The Party of Sabotage - David Horowitz
Townhall.com ^ | July 22, 2003 | David Horowitz

Posted on 07/21/2003 11:25:45 PM PDT by Tamzee

From September to March, the Democratic Party played the classic role of appeasers, seeking every excuse possible not to call Saddam Hussein's bluff or call him to account for his defiance of international agreements. This was no different from the role Neville Chamberlain carved out in the 1930s as Hitler defied one international arms control agreement after another on his march to war. Their appeasement threatened to undermine the international security order, and would have done so if George Bush had buckled to their pressures.

In the 1930s, the Communist left also organized a "peace" movement to protest American, British and French "militarism" and keep the Western powers from arming to stop Hitler. Their agenda was to protect Stalin and to put pressure on the appeasers to rely on negotiation and other failed measures. The Communists' peace organization was called the World Congress Against Imperialist War. Its American version was the Committee for the World Congress Against War (note the ellision of "Imperialist" to make the sell to the fellow travelers easy). It was led by the Susan Sarandons and Susan Sontags of the day -- literary icons like Sherwood Anderson and Theodore Dreiser who were willing tools of Stalin's designs.

As the Iraq war approached, this magazine warned that the neo-communist left was making plans to move to the next stage of "resistance" and sabotage the war effort. The left did, in fact, organize law-breaking demonstrations in downtown business centers that would have made al-Qaeda's work easy (by tying up Homeland Security personnel) if the war had not been brought to a swift and happy conclusion by the forces Bush and Rumsfeld set in motion. Since the left's own war with America is permanent, they have now turned their efforts to undermining the peace and specifically America's efforts to reshape the Middle East and make it a less safe harbor for our terrorist enemies.

Unfortunately, the Democratic Party has followed suit in its own timid way, shedding the mantle of appeasement to become the party of sabotage. Not a day has gone by since American forces liberated Iraq that Democrats have not attempted to undermine the leadership that brought about the victory. The greatest triumph of American policy since the end of the Cold War has become the unending target of Democratic snipers -- among them all its presidential nominees and its chief congressional spokesmen .

The war cost too much; the rationale for the war was deceptive, the President is liar.

We want congressional investigations to tie up the Administration, distract it from its war tasks, and encourage our enemies.

No act of Democratic perfidy has been more disgraceful than Dick Gephardt's statement in Iowa -- echoed by other Democratic figures -- that the President's credibility was a crucial element of the nation's security and that this President had lied.

It was a disgrace on many counts. It was a lie to say that this President had lied. The famous statement about Niger uranium was in fact a statement about a British intelligence report concerning Niger uranium. The statement about British intelligence was true. The British are still supporting their report. The attacks on the statement are political sabotage of the commander-in-chief. In time of war.

Second, the same Dick Gephardt and the other Democratic hypocrites, without exception, went to the wall to defend Bill Clinton's lies about war and peace, to shield him from any inquiry into his missile strikes in the Sudan and in other countries -- strikes that were unauthorized and where the entire premise of the strikes was proven to be false.What Democrat manifested concern about the national security implications of Clinton's credibility during the Lewinsky mess? Which one of them cooperated with the congressional investigations (conducted in advance of any war) into the massive illegal funding of the Clinton campaign by agents of the Chinese military and intelligence services, or into the lax security policies that resulted in China's theft of our entire nuclear arsenal? The answer is none did. America's national security is the lowest priority on the Democratic Party agenda. In this, Ann Coulter is absolutely right.

For the record, the United States did not go to war with Iraq because Iraq made a uranium deal with Niger or because Iraq did or did not have weapons of mass destruction. It went to war with Iraq to implement UN resolution 1441 -- as authorized by a unanimous vote of the UN Security Council and for the reasons stated by Democratic Senator Bob Graham who is now one of the President's chief and most unprincipled attackers.

This what Graham said on Fox News Sunday (6/23/04): "What we're concerned about with Iraq is its intention and capabilities to develop weapons of mass destruction, and the merger of that capability with terrorist groups, that is the ultimate nightmare scenario."

What the Democratic Party is doing now is sabotaging the war on terror. The securing of Iraq -- which borders two terrorist states (Syria and Iran) -- is absolutely crucial for everything that will follow, including the stabilization of the Middle East and the disarming of Islamic terrorists.

It is a national tragedy that in this hour of national crisis the Democratic Party does not have a single statesman who might follow the example of Tony Blair and stand up to the saboteurs and speak out for a bi-partisan front against those who have sworn to destroy us. That Democrats are not rallying around the President in its efforts to carry on the work of peace is an unforgiveable betrayal.

This is the final destructive legacy of the narcissistic and feckless leadership of Carter, Clinton and Gore. It is they who set the bad example in the first place. And it is they who have never really shed the McGovern delusion that in the final analysis America is the root cause of all the root causes that inspire our enemies to attack us.

©2003 FrontPageMag.com


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: davidhorowitz; iraq; liberals; sabotage; saddamhandmaidens; traitors
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-25 next last

1 posted on 07/21/2003 11:25:46 PM PDT by Tamzee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Tamsey
BTT
2 posted on 07/21/2003 11:27:21 PM PDT by nopardons
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tamsey
Anyone know what date was really meant here? We haven't gotten to the year 2004 yet.
3 posted on 07/21/2003 11:36:29 PM PDT by ThePythonicCow (Mooo !!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tamsey
"What the Democratic Party is doing now is sabotaging the war on terror. The securing of Iraq -- which borders two terrorist states (Syria and Iran) -- is absolutely crucial for everything that will follow, including the stabilization of the Middle East and the disarming of Islamic terrorists. "

This is absolutely true. More people, including Republicans in Congress need to stand up and say this out loud, because it's absolutely true. Democrats are endangering our national security and our lives deliberately and knowingly, for their political gain.

4 posted on 07/21/2003 11:44:56 PM PDT by FairOpinion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tamsey
The Democrats are undermining our mission in Iraq with our soldiers putting their lives on the line.They embolden the enemy .They are giving aid and comfort.
5 posted on 07/21/2003 11:47:10 PM PDT by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MEG33
The Democrats are undermining our mission in Iraq with our soldiers putting their lives on the line.They embolden the enemy .They are giving aid and comfort.

Did you catch the report from CBS?

Apparently a CBS reporter did an interview with few men that at targeting our troops .. they even showed off the weapons they had

What do you think the chances are that CBS will tell our Troops where to find this weapons and helps save lives

6 posted on 07/21/2003 11:56:31 PM PDT by Mo1 (Please help Free Republic and Donate Now !!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: MEG33; FairOpinion
Hear, hear! I heartily agree...
7 posted on 07/21/2003 11:56:37 PM PDT by Tamzee (Peace is the prerogative of the victorious, not the vanquished.... Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Tamsey
Bump
8 posted on 07/21/2003 11:57:17 PM PDT by SevenDaysInMay (Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
Did you catch the report from CBS?

Ouch, I didn't... not surprised at all, though :-(

9 posted on 07/21/2003 11:59:03 PM PDT by Tamzee (Peace is the prerogative of the victorious, not the vanquished.... Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: MEG33
Go to wear it says .. Guerrillas Want U.S. Out
10 posted on 07/22/2003 12:00:33 AM PDT by Mo1 (Please help Free Republic and Donate Now !!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
Zero to none.
11 posted on 07/22/2003 12:01:10 AM PDT by nopardons
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
They might not get the next story if they told.Reporters in Vietnam decided it was important to be neutral.I'd like for them to live in the country of Neutral.
12 posted on 07/22/2003 12:01:16 AM PDT by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Tamsey
Check post #10
13 posted on 07/22/2003 12:01:26 AM PDT by Mo1 (Please help Free Republic and Donate Now !!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
Jihadists..they have no rationale..for Allah.They like the freedom to speak that the soldiers made possible but must kill soldiers.
14 posted on 07/22/2003 12:08:45 AM PDT by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
You're right... this is incredible! Even if they met somewhere in the desert, they could relay their contact information to the military. These Iraqis admit to some of the attacks against our men and women there and CBS nonchalantly offers the interview as if they were Al Jazeera.

***





Iraqi Fighters: Yankees Go Home
Somewhere In Iraq, July 21, 2003


In an exclusive interview with CBS News, three men who claim to have participated in several recent and deadly attacks on U.S. soldiers say they're not doing it for love of Saddam -- but instead for God and their country.

U.S. officials blame "remnants of Saddam's regime" -- "dead enders" they call them -- for the unending attacks.

"Are any of you former Saddam loyalists? Work for Saddam? Love Saddam?" asked CBS News Correspondent David Hawkins.

The men all shook their heads "no" as a translator said, "They just follow the instruction of Holy Koran."

"So this is a religious war?" questioned Hawkins. "It's a holy war?"

"Yes, yes, " said one man. "We are farmers. We're Iraqis. This isn't about politics."

The three claim to be the ones who attacked a military convoy last week west of Baghdad -- an attack that killed one American soldier. A Baghdad gun-runner arranged a meeting with them for CBS News.

"Why do you fight? Why do you attack American soldiers?" Hawkins asked.

"This is occupation, so we fight against the occupation," said a fighter.

"You're very upset the Americans are here," asked Hawkins, "but are you glad Saddam is gone?"

"We feel happy now because we can speak freely, but at the same time we don't want Saddam neither, or America. We just want the American soldiers to leave our country," reported the translator.

The Iraqi fighters chose the meeting spot in the middle of the desert -- in the middle of nowhere really, because they felt safe there. They said they know the territory well and the Americans don't.

"All of them will die here. We advise them that they have to leave Iraq before they die here," stated one fighter.

Threats from these men won't frighten anyone away, but their fanaticism and fervor suggests that they'll put up a fight -- for some time to come.



©MMIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/21/eveningnews/printable564357.shtml
15 posted on 07/22/2003 12:13:39 AM PDT by Tamzee (Peace is the prerogative of the victorious, not the vanquished.... Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Tamsey
this is incredible!

Isn't it?

I was listening to my local talk radio guy tonight (Dom Giordano) and that's where I learned of it.

CBS *itching about how no one is doing anything to stop these attacks and then they do an interview like this?

Unbelievable

16 posted on 07/22/2003 12:26:46 AM PDT by Mo1 (Please help Free Republic and Donate Now !!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: ThePythonicCow
Anyone know what date was really meant here? We haven't gotten to the year 2004 yet.

It was June 23, 2002 I believe

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/949652/posts

* June 23, 2002: Called WMD Threat And Merger With Terror Groups “Ultimate Nightmare Scenario.” “What we’re concerned about with Iraq is its intention and capabilities to develop weapons of mass destruction, and the merger of that capability with terrorist groups, that is the ultimate nightmare scenario … ” (Fox News’ “Sunday,” 6/23/02)

17 posted on 07/22/2003 12:51:04 AM PDT by Mo1 (Please help Free Republic and Donate Now !!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Tamsey
21 July 2003 NBC's evening news led with Mrs. Allan Greenspan stating after quoting the SOTUA "16 words" that what XY-43 GW said was in fact untrue.

This is The Big Lie, homeschoolers.

How anyone can say what is absolutely a fact - those 16 words, reiterated by Blair, is a lie, is nothing but a voice from the next Reich.

IMHO, THE reason we went into Iraq was location, location, location, and terrorist bankrolling.

The exposure of UN-Kofi's corruption has not been reported appropriately excect in VRWC Talk-Radio.

This Republican administration is now suffering because we stopped being "at war". We need to mop the sunni sands to kill out Saddamn's shadow government operatives, disarm anyone with what ever their using.

Then we destroy Syria's and Iran's fascist governments. The Jew killers then will have to be supported by Lybia, S.E. Asians, China, Russia, and the House of Saud then their wabbist replacement.

Iran is feeding lots of money and more men into shite country of Iraq forming up an islamist army which will confront the "Crusaders", us.

As we face our mortal enemies in theater, GW went PC to placate during this '04 election cycle our own seditious left, coordinated with fresh talking points by the DNC Politburo.

We are at war and we see sedition every night on the telecast news as we toss the morning papers. It is no wonder that mil-spec families are upset. They are being lied to everyday by the Politburo and not receiving straight talk from GW. Their loved troops are baking in 120+ heat as they are sniped and blown.

We will face a draft soon to deploy on our borders, and end our dependence on troops doing clerk work. Things will get interesting after our next 9/11.

We are in the beginning phase of totally consuming world war of cultures with homegrown fascists preparing to rule America. We could become a protectorate if NBC warfare is loosed upon North America while islamofascists remain in their hellholes.

The DNC Politburo plans to never lose power again.

Why do Bill & Hillary think that Chelsea would not be subject to the Sharia. Perhaps the fix is in.

Rant off.
18 posted on 07/22/2003 12:53:09 AM PDT by SevenDaysInMay (Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SevenDaysInMay
One failing of conservatives (in general), I believe, is that they are afraid to accept the fact that liberals are evil. Even if all liberals aren't actually evil people, their false beliefs are evil, and if they keep believing them, they become evil.
Conservatives have to face this, and become strong, and quit being spineless wimps. I am really getting disgusted with Bush although I promise I will vote for him no matter what.
I will die of vomiting if a Democrap wins.
19 posted on 07/22/2003 1:21:40 AM PDT by First Amendment
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Tamsey
The "Yankee Go Home" and continuing attacks on our troops should shut the mouths of the leftists that ranted about the "innocent civilians" we killed.

WMD? - - maybe Bush got caught twisting the alphabet - - should have been MWD = Mad Wimpy Democrats


20 posted on 07/22/2003 4:17:14 AM PDT by Susannah (Over 200 people murdered in L. A.County-first 5 mos. of 2003 & NONE were fighting Iraq!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-25 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson