Sunday, February 06, 2005
Iraq Prediction
Alterman's reference to "death squads" (see below) leads to speculation on the left's next line of attack. Since they've been repudiated by the Iraqi people they will adopt a fallback position to make President Bush's policy fail: they will attack the new Iraqi government. This week Senator Kennedy criticized the U.S. military because the Iraqi people weren't doing the fighting and dying (a ludicrous statement in itself). As the Iraqis take over more government responsibility, the left and the MSM will attack the Iraqis for human rights violations. Attacking America's allies on human rights grounds was a standard tactic in the 1970s and 1980s. It was Jimmy Carter's foreign policy. The left doesn't like to admit it's wrong, so they'll try this next.
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Alterman's reference to "death squads" (see below) leads to speculation on the left's next line of attack. Since they've been repudiated by the Iraqi people they will adopt a fallback position to make President Bush's policy fail: they will attack the new Iraqi government. This week Senator Kennedy criticized the U.S. military because the Iraqi people weren't doing the fighting and dying (a ludicrous statement in itself). As the Iraqis take over more government responsibility, the left and the MSM will attack the Iraqis for human rights violations. Attacking America's allies on human rights grounds was a standard tactic in the 1970s and 1980s. It was Jimmy Carter's foreign policy. The left doesn't like to admit it's wrong, so they'll try this next.
