November 14, 2005
Gotta go with the crowd...
Edwards joins politicians who “regret” war in Iraq
No doubt he...
Regrets the ending of Saddam's war against his own nation--what business is it of ours how he deals with "his people?"
Regrets that tens-of-thousands of Iraqis are not being tortured and murdered each year. (And we are talking real torture, not Democrat-talking-points torture.)
Regrets that Syria is now surrounded by countries friendly to the United States.
Regrets that Iran is now surrounded by countries friendly to the Great Satan.
Regrets that all those mass-graves are being dug up, that should have been forgot.
Regrets that Iraq's economy is growing strongly, and instead of starving children, Iraq is a place where Iranians come for jobs and shopping sprees...
Regrets that the idea of democracy is catching on in the region, partly because of Iraqis voting. (Including Iraqis living in places like Syria and Egypt.)
Regrets freedom.
Regrets honor, courage and selflessness mobilized to build a better world.
Regrets this:
Overseas Iraqis voting
Has a vague regretful though, that once again Republicans are standing firm in defense of freedom and our nation's honor, while no Democrat President has done so in living memory.
Has a vague regretful feeling that he too ought to have some principle or belief that he would stick to even in the face of criticism. But nothing pops into mind.
Probably regrets that he didn't get some oil-for-food money like our "allies," to help him understand sooner the importance of keeping Saddam in power.
And one gathers he feels...
NO regret that he is now giving encouragement to the terrorists we are fighting, and to tyrants everywhere.
NO regret that he is now giving terrorists more reason to kill Americans and Iraqis.
NO regret that he voted to send Americans into battle, and now stands aside and sneers, because it's the fad of the moment to do so.
Truth is, Edwards a slimy little shyster whose only regret is that his politically expedient vote back then now has him in hot water with the crazies who control the Democratic nominations. Neither then nor now were any principles involved, because he doesn't have any. He'd vote against Oxygen if the polls told him to.
Posted by John Weidner at November 14, 2005 04:11 PM"...once again Republicans are standing firm in defense of freedom and our nation's honor, while no Democrat President has done so in living memory."
...well, Truman was within living memory, and he truly stood tall in defense of freedom and our nation's honor, in WWI as an infantry commander, in WWII as a Senator, respecting executive privilege by not demanding the details on the Manhatten Project, then by answering his president's call to be Vice President, and then in following through and finishing the war, not shirking for a minute from using the atomic bomb and ending the war...then at the start of the Cold War, standing firm in Berlin, without precipitating a total war, and again in Korea, standing firm, without precipitating a total war. I'm too young to remember him, but my father certainly does, and my grandfather voted for him...
I only wish I could vote democratic today, and find that party to be the home again of optimistic, patriotic American Triumphalism, spending our blood and treasure to bring freedom to the world. Our country is great, it's good, and FDR and Truman knew it.
Posted by: Ethan Hahn at November 14, 2005 07:11 PMIf I don't remember it, it's not withing living memory! (Actually you are right, of course.)
Posted by: John Weidner at November 14, 2005 09:03 PMThe Democrats seem to be staking their entire political future on failure in Iraq. This strikes me as a high stakes act of desperation.
If Iraq is starting to look like a success by November of 2008, and there is certainly still hope that it may be, they will have no credibility left at all regarding foreign policy. Even their allies in the main stream media will not be able to spin them as a party to be taken seriously.
Not only do their actions strike me as unprincipled and despicable, but they may prove to be politically stupid as well.
Posted by: Mike Plaiss at November 15, 2005 06:17 AM
