Dems Irked Over Zarqawi's Death

NewsMax.com ^ | June 8, 2006 | Carl Limbacher

[Carl/NewsMax]

Grassroots Democrats weighing in on several popular liberal web sites Thursday morning said that they were troubled by reports that al Qaeda's top operational terrorist, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, had been killed in a U.S. air strike.

Reacting to the news, one visitor to the Daily Kos complained that using military force to kill Zarqawi "violates everything my America stands for."

"It violates the rule of law and invokes the rule of force in what should be a criminal, not a military, matter."

Another Daily Kos'er was irked because he thought the news would benefit President Bush:

"No doubt Karl Rove will have the Sock Puppet President acting as if he personally dropped the bomb that killed that jackass," he wrote. "But other than a couple of photo ops of Bush looking cocky, it does nothing because two more tin-plated Zarqawi's will pop up."

A third Kos poster suggested that there was little difference between the top al Qaeda terrorist and the leader of the free world, writing: "Now [that] we are rid of one murderous tyrant - how about the removal of another one-believed hiding in a safe-house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?"

Over at the Democratic Underground, reaction to news of Zarqawi's death was also negative:

"Convenient too that this would happen now," complained one DU'er: "Guess we should just all forget about that Haditha mess, the fact that we are approaching 2,500 dead and the fact that our economy is in big trouble."

Another DU poster said that killing the al Qaeda chief really wasn't such a big deal, insisting: "Zarqawi was a fringe group of al Qaeda, and definitely NOT responsible for the bulk of the insurgency and civil war now occurring in Iraq. Any gains that they hope to receive will be short-lived when reality strikes home."

[edcoil]

"...one visitor to the Daily Kos complained..."

Damn shame.

[BenLurkin]

Seems they have now sided openly with the terrorists.

[PeteB570]

You just can't make that stuff up.

They are for real and I can only shake my head.

[nuconvert]

lol. Of course.
It's bad news all around for the libnuts

[Peach]

Just further proof that good news for America is bad news for Democrats.

[areafiftyone]

on other threads DUers are estatic that Nick Berg's father slammed Bush just now and call him the terrorist not Zarqawi.

[lawgirl]

killing the people that want to kill you is definitely going against everything america is starting to stand for, because we are becoming a nation of pansies just like the euroweenies. I hope we learn from their mistakes instead of following in their footsteps.

[blitzgig]

But of course we must never question their patriotism!

[SE Mom]

The mind boggles...

[jammer]

Sometimes I can't believe the psychoses. Disclosure: I was opposed to going to Iraq. But this is cause for rejoicing for all freedom lovers. These reactions separate those with principles who may be opposed, but still love and support their country, from those who despise it.

[edcoil]

Iraq leader killed and some reporter calls a grieving dad already on record opposing the president for his comment.

Talk about a set-up. Sadly this reporter will continue there job and keep bringing this stuff up.

Talk about a driven wacko idology.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

I think it would take an expert in abnormal pyschology to figgure out how these daily KOS folks mind processes information.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Any gains that they hope to receive will be short-lived when reality strikes home."

As in the reality that will strike the DUmmies on, say, November 3, 2006 when they don't take back the House and/or Senate? *Smirk*

[Reactionary]

Only in Idiot Liberal Land is it bad news when some Third World jihadist lunatic is killed.

These people are sick in the head.

[ShandaLear]

No kidding, I was looking for the link to Scrappleface.

[goldstategop]

Liberals can't be happy for our country. They actually are enamored of murderers. Then again, they still champion Saddam Hussein, so I'm not surprised by their caterwauling over Zarqawi's demise.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[Kieri]

My first thought: "What, are they nuts???!"

My second thought: "Well, duhhhhhh...!"

[OldFriend]

Perhaps the DUers are hoping to recruit Schumer to do the dirty deed.

[RobFromGa]

Some more DUers comments I found and posted on the Live Thread:

It's almost an "open joke" among the military and
civilians who know how PsyOps operate, and the History, that Zarqowi is merely a "Pentagon creation."

And oh, don't we need some good news now? It's so predictable I could write the OP Orders.

It's all bullshit LIES paraded around for PR exploitation.

We almost need wings to rise above it.

Edited on Thu Jun-08-06 04:06 AM by ShortnFiery

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Even Fox News isn't picking this up...
And you know that Fox would be multiple orgasming over this if it were true.

ABC News may find itself about to have a Jason Leopold moment.

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110. Yeah, we'll all get new shoes, and one of the #2 guys will take charge...

I'm already sick of the news media gushing all over the Pentagon like another "Mission Accomplished" afterglow.

ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-08-06 05:39 AM

19. yaaaHOO! We Finally Kilt Us A Terr'rist!
It only took killin' anuther 100,000 or so other folks and a billion dollars but we DID it. Mission accomplished! No more terr'rism now boy howdee...

USA! USA!
sfexpat2000 (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-08-06 03:32 AM

32. They had to kill him. They couldn't ban gay people.
They had to do SOMETHING.

TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-08-06 04:10 AM

54. *DING! DONG!* THE PHANTOM IS DEAD!

The War Was Worth it!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! USA! USA! USA!

Meanwhile, in the reality based world, the lies, the death, the destruction, the unabated crimes, and the spiraling into hell and fascism for our nation, and the senseless deaths of innocent Iraqi's continues, without end.

But hey, Goldstien's Dead.

AGAIN.

sfexpat2000 (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-08-06 04:20 AM

64. It's unspeakably cruel to do this to military families who must keep hoping that THIS TIME it means something real for them.

For that alone, I hope Rumsfeld burns in hell or some equivalent for eternity.

Pachamama (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-08-06 04:26 AM

73. Not to mention the fact that it does nothing to change the situation in Iraq. I was just watching the "wall-to-wall" coverage on the Cable networks, and they are acting like its all over now, we can all sleep well, the bogeyman is dead, the situation in Iraq will finally become peaceful and all is well....

Sadly, for a few days, this will be the only thing talked about and meanwhile we will hit the 2,500th death of US troops and will anyone be paying attention?

TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-08-06 04:33 AM

81. Until we stop falling for their Propaganda this will NEVER end... It always seems just as things are finally starting to fall apart, they pull out another carrot and all the sheep in the meadow yell HUZZAH! and go back to grazing.

Rinse. Repeat. HUZZAH!

Rinse Repeat, etc, etc, etc.....

What is it going to take?