In memoriam

[cema]

History will record that the U.S. could have saved tremendous loss of life and treasure had we liberated Iraqi with more troops and a proper "after-victory" plan. But the chronicles will also show that America could have saved time, money and--most especially, lives--had the Left contributed its valuable resources to the liberation effort as well. Imagine if feminists, labor leaders, environmentalists, civil rights activists, artists and the media had joined in the struggle instead of sitting on the sidelines--or worse, assisting the fascists? Imagine if the clarion cry of freedom and democracy had arisen from a unified progressive front consisting of conservatives and liberals? Just as we've learned how much succor the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong took from the anti-war protesters of the 1960s, we will someday learn how the parochial, small-minded, narrow-souled opposition to the establishment of democracy in Iraq stiffen the fascist backbone of the "insurgency." But of course, the Michael Moores, Robert Fisks, George Galloways, Ted Kennedys and innumerable Hollywood celebrities and academics of this world will not care--they will always find reporters, voters, fans and tenure committees willing to dull the sting of conscience.

[Steven Vincent]

Comments

[cema.livejournal.com]

Did you read the context?

[email-animal.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did. Death is a terrible thing, but it does not make stupid things one wrote before any less stupid. Sorry. Either find a different quote or ...

[cema.livejournal.com]

Or what? This represents his thinking. Besides, as you can see from other comments, not everybody thinks it is stupid.

[email-animal.livejournal.com]

So, you want me to spell it out for you? Ok.

It is stupid if only because he demands eveyone's agreement that entering Iraq was the right thing to do. If this is not what he is asking everyone to do, then he demands that liberal swallow their consience and support an inept arrogant liar sending tens of thousands of people into a faraway foreign country under false pretense and without a clear plan on what to do.

If you are playing with a grenade and it blows up in your hands, should we be faulting you, or the person who told you over and over that playing with a grenade will result in it blowing in your hands? What he is saying is that the person who cautioned you is to blame because he did not join you in fondling the grenade. Sorry, but this is a silly argument.

[(Anonymous)]

у Вас интересные собеседники. Вы не знаете, отчего левые так беззаветно любят усатых маньяков?

[cema.livejournal.com]

Я знаком с автором email_animal в реале и уверяю Вас, он вовсе не любит усатых, уж неважно, маньяки ли они. :-) Да и в любом случае, как-то всех под одну гребёнку стричь неловко выходит.