If The Glove Doesn't Fit, BUSH LIED!
A link to a wonderful essay courtesy of
Instapundit. This essay is in
Sofia Sideshow -- the blog of a US born person living in Bulgaria. It details their observations of the Left and the Left's reactions to the US involvement in Iraq.
Read a few excerpts:
bq. In fact, the accusations are so lame that it struck me that not even the True Believers truly believed them.
bq. There is something disturbing about it. Something about this war is eating Bush's detractors alive, something unquantifiable with conventional weights and measures. I think that it is because if George W. Bush really did lie (and thus surprising both the Right and Left), the anti-war crowd would still have to face a disheartening Spectacle of Freedom For An Entire People, instead of the more satisfactory Humiliation Of Bush At The United Nations And Mass Graves Nobody Knows About.
And more:
bq. The anti-war crowd long ago started measuring themselves as culturally, intellectually, and morally superior to the pro-war crowd, instead of measuring whether their policies were superior. Thus, the incredible success in Afghanistan and Iraq is not a blow to their policy, it is a blow to their ego and sense of self. I think the worst example I can give is during the campaign in Afghanistan, where it became popular to repeat that ANY civilian casualties should classify the endeavor as a failure for George W. Bush and the administration. This was to raise the goalpost to a level not out of concern for Afghani civilians, but out of concern that the critics' self-image not be a casualty, to attempt to force the debate into one where it was guaranteed that the pro-war side would be inferior. Hey, to each their own, I guess.
Read the whole thing. The
rest of the blog looks great too -- I'm adding it to the blogroll here...
Posted by DaveH at February 20, 2004 9:24 AM