Surge Protectors: Obama Embraces Bush-McCain Spin on Iraq. Barack Obama has now declared — on Fox News, no less — that George W. Bush’s escalation of the flagrant war crime in Iraq has “succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.” He also proclaimed his “absolute” belief in the “War on Terror,” and pledged, once again, “never to take a military option off the table” (not even the nuclear option) against the “major threat” of Iran.
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Obama also emphasized the obscene and morally depraved position that has become the Democrat’s standard line on Iraq: that the lazy, no-good Iraqis “still haven’t taken responsibility” for running “their own country.” The arrogance and inhumanity of this position is staggering, almost indescribable. The United States of America invaded Iraq, destroyed its society, slaughtered its citizens, drove millions from their homes, occupied the country and made itself the ultimate master and arbiter of the conquered land — but still the Iraqis are condemned for “not taking responsibility for their own country.”
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Where then is the actual difference — the evidence for genuine “change” — between these two positions? While the Democrats will occasionally assert that instigating the war was a “mistake” — because we should have been fighting more wars elsewhere — they steadfastly refuse to denounce it as an illegitimate and criminal action. And, as we have seen, they agree almost entirely with Bush on the results that the war has produced. The rhetoric is different, of course, and each side denounces the other in the usual partisan bickering — but the fundamental agreement is undeniable. [Chris Floyd Online]
I note also that Democrats have been saying that Sarah Palin is not qualified to be Vice President because she lacks “foreign policy experience.” Given the reality of what US foreign policy has been during the careers of every politician alive today, this is the same as saying that only war criminals are qualified for the office. Not to worry, though–the Boot On Your Neck Party has seen to it that no matter the outcome of the election, the next President will indeed be a war criminal.
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