We’ve all heard the mantras of the far left concerning the war in Iraq. For the left, memories of 9/11 have faded and they view all the efforts in securing Iraq and moving Iraq and Afghanistan toward democracy to be unworthy ventures. I’m convinced that the left’s hatred of Bush (notice that the left no longer prints bumper stickers declaring “Hate is not a Family Value”) has blinded them to the fact that we really are at war and there are people who would like to destroy our culture. If fact, the lefties have repeated the mantras so often that many average and non-partisan citizens think it’s all true.
There is a great op-ed in the Wall Street Journal which presents a coherent analysis of some of these myths.
Iraqis can participate in three historic elections, pass the most liberal constitution in the Arab world, and form a unity government despite terrorist attacks and provocations. Yet for some critics of the president, these are minor matters. Like swallows to Capistrano, they keep returning to the same allegations–the president misled the country in order to justify the Iraq war; his administration pressured intelligence agencies to bias their judgments; Saddam Hussein turned out to be no threat since he didn’t possess weapons of mass destruction; and helping democracy take root in the Middle East was a postwar rationalization. The problem with these charges is that they are false and can be shown to be so–and yet people continue to believe, and spread, them.
The author Peter Wehner, then goes on to elaborate on each of these liberal myths. This is one piece to send to your liberal friends and watch their heads explode.
