So, let's have a look here. Just over a week ago, the Senate Minority Whip stands up in the well of the Senate...prepared script in hand (and don't think he hadn't well-considered each and every word), and blatantly accuses U.S. troops of being no different than the worst tyrants of the 20th century.
And of course, when he's called to account for his slander, he issues an apology that'd make Slick Willie proud, so skillful was the nuance, the misdirection and spin. But, he's caught there, too.
photoshop created: loyal reader in d/fw
The liberal left just can't seem to get it through their head that the men being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, aren't defendants, haven't been arrested, there won't be indictments and that there's no Statute of Limitations on terrorists and enemy combatants.
Prisoners of War are most often held for the duration of the conflict. And these prisoners are the worst of the worst. Any other nation would have had them blindfolded and tied to the firing squad's stake months ago.
Yet, the Left wants to treat them as mere criminals. With cries of "due process!" and "fair hearings!", they yammer incessantly about pseudo-legal niceties, and bitch and moan about minor discomforts that pale in comparison to the daily reality of our troops in the field. The reality of it though, is that the worst of what's been done at Guantanamo Bay falls so short of the term torture as to make the accusations laugh-worthy. Yet the accusers earnestly and endlessly wring their hands in self-flagellating approbation, crying alligator tears about temperatures and soiled undies. They forget the hellish fires of the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, and the three thousand broken, burned and bloodstained corpses of their countrymen.
Being reminded of their bitchy little legalistic legacy absolutely infuriates the Left. Wanting to be able to make the claim that they're "tough on terror" and to be trusted with this nation's security, they cannot afford to have the public be reminded that they're indeed the opposite.
The left is proven to be pacifist in nature, appeasers at their core, and cowardly in their conduct in the course of this war of civilization versus barbarity. Where it takes the courage of confidence, the left takes the lazy way out, choosing to wallow in self-doubt and abasement before the enemy.
Sadly, the elected notables of the Left are more afraid of the wrath of their contributors than of the dangers of a fanatical enemy who is foresworn to their destruction. They fear their party fading into irrelevance far more than they fear for the safety of the United States of America.
Their oath to Uphold and Defend the Constitution; rendered moot due to their view of the Constitution meaning whatever the hell it is they want it to say on a given day.
And they now have the unmitigated gall to feign outrage over being called to account for the poison of their words and the malice of their intent.
So, Karl Rove speaks at a fundraiser for The Conservative Party of New York State, and lays out the following truths:
"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers,"
No, he wasn't exaggerating in the slightest.
Joining a candlelight vigil near Greenwich Village, hundreds plead for a nonviolent response.
Mr. Rove also said American armed forces overseas were in more jeopardy as a result of remarks last week by Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, who compared American mistreatment of detainees to the acts of "Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime - Pol Pot or others."
What's amazing is that Durbin still has his seat in the Senate, much less his lofty status as the Minority Whip. A century ago, a whip is what remarks like his would have brought. With fervor, and much repetition.
"Has there ever been a more revealing moment this year?" Mr. Rove asked. "Let me just put this in fairly simple terms: Al Jazeera now broadcasts the words of Senator Durbin to the Mideast, certainly putting our troops in greater danger. No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals."
It's been said of the Left: "They're not against the war....they're just on the other side".
Jane Fonda demonstrated that amply several decades ago. Really, nothing much has changed on the Left since then. Fear and Loathing. It's all they have to offer.
They just don't even try to hide it anymore.
The Democratic "outrage" to Rove's comments simply illustrates, for the nth time, that Democrats truly have absolutely NO shame. None.
*And* that they rely on the bias of the MSM to never point out the blatant and glaring hypocrisy.
Calling our troops Nazis - [cue crickets] in MSM.
Rove states the obvious - front page for days.
Posted by: Jay G | June 24, 2005 at 08:25 AM
If it's out of sight, it's out of mind, for them anyway! 9-11 happened 4 1/2 years ago, that's a long time for a coward to have to bear-up reading and listening to reports about the war in Iraq and upon terrorism. They throw their hands up and wail, "Can't we all just get along", and just go along with this 'Global' awareness?
The call for peace without justice by these so called Americans, justly makes any red-blooded, true American boil with righteous indignation. The cowards tire of the inconvenience the enemy has brought upon their granola existence. Can a war be fought successfully when there are two fronts, one being made up of some in the Senate of the United States of America?
A call for peace is not a wrong thing. A call for peace without justice and retribution is. But for one of our "own" to throw stones from within the safe confines of the USA Senate should and will make us all think about who the enemy really is. Can you really accuse part of your family of war crimes and then settle the slander with a quick apology. Which way will the wind blow them tomorrow?
Posted by: Marcus | June 24, 2005 at 10:52 AM
To rearrange a quote from Pogo...."We have met the enemy...and they, used to be part of us." Sadly the seeds planted over the last two generations or so....have brought forth the fruit we see today. There is a divide, and at one time bridges could have been built, the divide filled in,common ground reached, and we would have worked for a better country for all. The divide is too large...the cancer too advanced. *sigh* It's bad enough we have to deal with asshats like Senator Dustbin, now we have the traitors in black robes as well. I need a beer, ammo, and someone to cover my back.
Posted by: Guy S. | June 24, 2005 at 02:12 PM