At Least We Agree on That...

Even a liberal can have a moment of clarity. Mathew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive speaking of the decapitations of Daniel Pearl, Nick Berg, Paul Johnson and Kim Sun Il:

And while I've been, and while I remain, a severe critic of George Bush's war in Afghanistan and especially his war in Iraq, I refuse to make excuses, in any way, for these cold-blooded killers.

Nice to hear you say that, brother Rothschild. Keep coming toward the light!

The incoherent Left in this country are living examples of a wag's description of a liberal - a man who won't take his own side in a fight. I am still dumbfounded by the incredible lack of perspective found in the anti-Bush crowd.

I once argued via e-mail with a human shield, who though human, never got around to shielding anything. I challenged her with this.

Should you, God forbid, find yourself flat on your back in a filthy dark alley, one rough hand of a thug clutching your throat and the other clawing roughly at your panties you will think only one thing about the other man you catch out of the corner of your eye sneaking up on your attacker. You will not wonder if your rescuer's views about the patriarchal hegemony in imperialist America and its effect vis-a-vis the disenfranchisement of womyn (particularly womyn of color) is in keeping with your own and if not, can I accept his help without de-legitimizing my place in the social construct. Instead you will wonder how hard can he swing that tire iron at this bastard's head.

She never responded to that challenge.

I really don't care if the war in Iraq and Afghanistan really are motivated by any of the harsh accusations leveled by the mainstream Democratic Party. If Bush attacked Afghanistan so Unocal could build a gas pipeline - oh well, the Taliban needed killin'. If Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq so Dick Chaney and the Haliburton company could get wealthy - oh well, the Ba'athists needed killin'.

First, let me repudiate these accusations. The chairman of the Democratic National Committee should be ashamed of himself for embracing Michael Moore's seditious Fahrenheit 911. However, when you are in an tough situation, you take the good you can get. State sponsorship of non-state terrorists needed to be dealt with, and to hell with what motivates the actors. Just get it freaking done!

And it is getting done. The lack of perspective critics of the war effort have is stunning. Compared to past wars, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, this war has been nigh unto a perfect. Any number of battlefield commanders of that era would have given a non-redundant internal organ to swap ALL of Iraq's problems for just a handful of theirs. If you're going to call the collapse of a unspeakably evil regime and a new sovereign democracy after 15 months and 800 lives a quagmire, we need to go read a history book.

Tim McNabb