Quote from resinate:
Come on Alfonso,
Those Iraqi's attempting to defend themselves with their burning oil trenches, WW 1 rifles and suicidal ladies surely equate to a "gathering menace" threatening the survival of the United States.
The sheepish American public has accepted this sick, bloody, evil lie hook, line and sinker. How sad!
I'm disappointed in you. From our earlier exchanges, I thought you were seeking a sober, even-handed judgment of events. Instead, you've adopted the language and presumptions of an hysterical ideologue.
You and your comrades will have to make up your minds eventually. Sometimes, you like to envision Iraq as a desertified Vietnam, backed by the powerful support of its populace, the Arab world, and powerful international allies, combined with a willingness to use
any tactic to achieve its aims. Such a country, if given the time and space to exploit its oil wealth and its geographic position, could soon be in a position to advance its historical pan-Arab ambitions and its bid for leadership in the anti-Western Islamo-fascist cause.
When, however, concerns about actual or potential Iraqi political and military strength seem to ill-serve your ideological preferences, you revert, as in the post above, to belittling the Iraqi threat. Instead of the graveyard of America's overweening ambitions, suddenly the country represents the poor, poor pitiful victim of same. (Never mind that a couple of "suicidal ladies" with a Sarin gas dispenser could kill thousands in a subway or skyscraper.) Presented with certain evidence, as if anymore was necessary, of the pathological manias of a tyrant, now acted out at the cost of soldiers and civilians who are subject to summary execution if they refuse service or try to surrender, you find proof of the same tyrant's innocuousness.
In both instances, you persist in identifying the Iraqi people with the megalomaniac and henchmen that have ruled them for more than a generation. At the same time, when faced with broad American popular support for the effort to remove this regime, you revert to elitism, and accuse the American people of being "sheepish" dupes. You no doubt believe that the Arab and European street, not to mention the suicidal ladies, are much better informed on all relevant matters, and much more difficult to manipulate.
You should not be surprised, and you will have no coherent argument, when others accuse you and your kind of being apologists for and defenders of Saddam, and traitors toward everything you pretend to stand for.
