The Black Book of the American Left Volume 3: The Great Betrayal by David Horowitz

Author:David Horowitz [Horowitz, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 1886442967
Publisher: Second Thoughts Books
Published: 2014-11-08T23:00:00+00:00

July 7, 2003, http://archive.frontpagemag.com/Printable.aspx2ArtkU17358

1Norman Mailer, “The White Man Unburdened,” The New York Review of Books, July 17, 2003, http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2003/jul/17/the-white-man-unburdened/

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The Party of Sabotage

The Iraq war is now in its fourth month. Before it began, I observed that the neo-communist left was making plans to move from “anti-war” protest to the next stage of resistance and sabotage the war effort itself. When the invasion took place on March 19, the left conducted law-breaking demonstrations in downtown business centers. By tying up first responders and Homeland Security personnel, the chaos in the streets would have facilitated any terrorism that Saddam might have been planning. Fortunately, the forces Bush and Rumsfeld set in motion crushed Saddam’s military and toppled his regime. Since the left’s war with America is permanent, progressives have now turned their efforts to undermining the occupation of Iraq and the postwar peace, specifically, America’s efforts to reshape the Middle East and make it less of a safe harbor for our terrorist foes. Unfortunately for our country, the Democratic Party has begun to follow suit in its own timid way, shedding the mantle of appeasement to become a party dedicated to attacking the remaining war effort.

Since American forces liberated Iraq, not a day has gone by that Democrats have not attempted to undermine the leadership in Washington that brought about the victory on the field of battle. The greatest triumph of American policy since the end of the Cold War has become the unending target of Democratic snipers, including its congressional leaders and virtually all of its presidential contenders, who now claim the war they only yesterday supported has cost too much, that the rationale for going to war was deceptive, and that the commander-in-chief is a liar who will sacrifice American youth for no defensible reason. The Democrats are clamoring for congressional investigations to dramatize these charges, which will only serve to tie the administration’s hands, distract it from the remaining war tasks and encourage our enemies to resist even further.

No current act of Democratic perfidy has been more disgraceful than John Edward’s statement in Iowa—echoed by other Democratic leaders—that the president has lied about the issues of war and peace. Edwards made the charge after conceding that the president’s credibility is a crucial element of his ability to function as commander-in-chief, and thus of the nation’s security. The statement was disgraceful on many counts. In the first place, it is a lie to say that President Bush lied, specifically in his State of the Union address just prior to the war when he said the British had reported that Iraq was seeking fissionable uranium in Niger. This is now the focus of the Democrat attacks, spearheaded by a national TV campaign launched by the Democratic National Committee. In fact, Bush’s 16-word statement about the British intelligence report was true. The report did assert that the Iraqis were seeking fissionable uranium and the British are standing behind their report. But the chorus of Democratic attacks, amplified by a sympathetic media, are

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