Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Liberals right yet again on the Iraq war
The liberal consensus was that the (1) war would be easy, (2) the subsequent occupation would be challenging, (3) that the case for WMDs was very, very shaky if you looked hard at the evidence, and (4) that although AQ was not involved with Iraq before the war, they surely would be when war came.
And of course, for all of these, we were called traitors by the wingers, vilified by the media, and had our heads nailed to the floor by the Piranha Brothers in the WhiteWash House.
Of course, it was easy for the armed forces Clinton built to destroy a third-world foe. We can't really take any credit for point (1). But:
(2) LIBERALS WERE RIGHT. The occupation is very challenging. ("Mission accomplished," my Aunt Fanny.
(3) LIBERALS WERE RIGHT. The case for WMDs was shaky. We just didn't know how shaky it really was. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that the results of spending $1 billion for the WMD search would be the stark statement "We were almost all wrong."
And now:
(4) LIBERALS ARE RIGHT AGAIN. Although AQ was not involved with Iraq before the war, they are now.
Why would anyone trust Republicans with our national security, when they've been proved wrong over and over again? Why would anyone trust the Republicans with our national security, any more than we'd trust them with our money?
And of course, for all of these, we were called traitors by the wingers, vilified by the media, and had our heads nailed to the floor by the Piranha Brothers in the WhiteWash House.
Of course, it was easy for the armed forces Clinton built to destroy a third-world foe. We can't really take any credit for point (1). But:
(2) LIBERALS WERE RIGHT. The occupation is very challenging. ("Mission accomplished," my Aunt Fanny.
(3) LIBERALS WERE RIGHT. The case for WMDs was shaky. We just didn't know how shaky it really was. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that the results of spending $1 billion for the WMD search would be the stark statement "We were almost all wrong."
And now:
(4) LIBERALS ARE RIGHT AGAIN. Although AQ was not involved with Iraq before the war, they are now.
Why would anyone trust Republicans with our national security, when they've been proved wrong over and over again? Why would anyone trust the Republicans with our national security, any more than we'd trust them with our money?
