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In fact, liberals are...[trying to]...convince the American people that trying to bring democracy to Iraq was a hopeless exercise in wishful thinking
Before we reasonably debate this, I think we first have to establish that the US is in fact trying to bring democracy to Iraq.
Recall please, that the original pretext for the war was Saddam's awesome Weapons of Mass Destruction, and how we had to attack him before he could use them. The reality has turned out to be something else, as I think any reasonably intelligent individual could have divined for himself from day one. Of course, 'reasonable intelligence' leaves out 99.99% of the general public, but we know from the statements of Paul 'bureaucratic reasons' Wolfowitz, among others, that the public argument for war was not believed by those making it.
The usual reason that politicians lie is that they know that their actual motives will either a) not be acceptable to the general public, or b) fail to motivate the general public to participate in their plans.
So what are we to believe here? That Bush wanted to spread democracy all along, but had to frighten the cowardly and self-centered American people in following his 'noble vision' with bogey-men? Is that what you think of your fellow citizens?
One thing to notice is that Americans, whether of the right or the left, are, in droves, failing to show up at recruiting centers to actually fight the war. Stabbing America in the back is a game everybody seems to be playing, if we judge by actions rather than words.
You see, daydreaming about 'noble motives' which can be neither proven nor disproven, is doubtlessly great fun, but in the end it amounts to little more than a kind of mental masturbation. It feels good, but doesn't change anything.
I can (sort of) see the need for a vigorous battle against the 'internal enemy' here on the home propaganda front, but surely at least a few right-wing nut-jobs can be spared to actually, you know, fight the enemy, who is supposedly threatening our very existence? And if not, why not?
Whatever we may choose to believe about the motives of politicians, the original pretext for the war is no longer valid, as a) the WMD had been destroyed before the invasion anyway, and b) Saddam is dead. The Iraqi people inked their fingers sometime ago, so the DemFree meme is wearing a little thin at this point.
The only unresolved issue I see at this point is the control of Iraqi oil. I know it is a sign of dementia to imagine that the most avowedly capitalistic nation in human history would launch a war over anything so tawdry as profits, but there you have it. I'm a cynic. Sue me.
Comment Posted By RLaing On 28.06.2007 @ 17:54
