Says the LAT. No really they said that. In this article called: Straightjacket Bush
Liberals, put it behind you. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney shouldn’t be treated like criminals who deserve punishment. They should be treated like psychotics who need treatment.
This is what passes for intellectual discourse in the liberal set.
First they lie:
Because they’ve clearly gone mad. Exhibit A: We’re in the middle of a disastrous war [a lie] in Iraq, the military and political situation in Afghanistan is steadily worsening, [not true, things are actually looking up, and the problems we are having is due to Iran, hmmm] and the administration’s interrogation and detention tactics have inflamed anti-Americanism and fueled extremist movements around the globe [not true, liberal papers have done that, along with radical extremist Islama-fascists who get cover from the likes of the LAT]
Second they pontificate:
Sane people, confronting such a situation, do their best to tamp down tensions, rebuild shattered alliances, find common ground with hostile parties and give our military a little breathing space. But crazy people? They look around and decide it’s a great time to start another war.
So Rosa Brooks, now knows the mind of Bush and Cheney? How so, pray tell. Oh and maybe you didn’t notice, it’s Iran that is starting the war.
Third they obfuscate:
That would be with Iran, and you’d have to be deaf not to hear the war drums. Last week, Bush remarked that “if you’re interested in avoiding World War III . . . you ought to be interested in preventing [Iran] from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.” On Sunday, Cheney warned of “the Iranian regime’s efforts to destabilize the Middle East and to gain hegemonic power . . . [we] cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its most aggressive ambitions.” On Tuesday, Bush insisted on the need “to defend Europe against the emerging Iranian threat.”
Huh? Iran is now a major threat to Europe? The Iranians are going to launch a nuclear missile (that they don’t yet possess) against Europe (for reasons unknown because, as far as we know, they’re not mad at anyone in Europe)? This is lunacy in action.
Funny Jimmy Carter blamed Bush for not stopping 9/11, even though everyone who was listening knew it was coming. Bush was not in office long enough to do anything about it, it was Clinton who failed.
Fourth it trots out some quack to back up it’s premise:
Writing in Newsweek on Oct. 20, Fareed Zakaria, a solid centrist and former editor of Foreign Affairs, put it best. Citing Bush’s invocation of “the specter of World War III if Iran gained even the knowledge needed to make a nuclear weapon,” Zakaria concluded that “the American discussion about Iran has lost all connection to reality. . . . Iran has an economy the size of Finland’s. . . . It has not invaded a country since the late 18th century.
Did you note they lied there also? Iran has not invaded a country since the late 18th century. I am sure the Iraqis would have a different take on that, as most likely would Pakistan. Oh and Fareed Zakaria? Well have you ever seen a Conservative or moderate get a write up in the Village Voice? Neither have I. Even though the Village Voice says he is conservative, he is not. The Nation, described him as “junior Kissinger”. The reason? Instead of blaming Islama-fascist for the terror, he blamed the U.S. Not exactly a Conservative or clued up if you ask me.
Now why did they bring up the economy? To make Iran look weak. Just the type of country that would use nuclear weapons, by the way. Why you ask? Remember when Iran took hostages and Carter failed to bring them home (I am pretty sure we were proportionally as large then, as now) due to his own failed policies?
Well President Ima Dinner Jacket has said several times that he wants to wipe Israel off the map. Guess that is ok with liberals. Connect the dots people. Germany wanted to do that also.
Fifth lie some more:
Israel and every Arab country (except Syria and Iraq) are . . . allied against Iran. And yet we are to believe that Tehran is about to overturn the international system and replace it with an Islamo-fascist order? What planet are we on?”
Iraq is not allied against Iran? Since when?
What is sad is that instead of dealing with this serious threat from Iran, the LAT once again covers up the evil in Islam. Anything to attack Bush, no matter the cost. They don’t care about the U.S. They only care about hating Bush, and Conservatives, and to a lesser degree Republicans.
Iran is a deadly threat, and must be dealt with, and not the way Carter did it. He was and is a failure. So is Clinton. They both almost caused the end of the US and the Western world.
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