[Dean's World] Dave Price: Vile, Odious -- And Completely True

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Posted by Dave Price:
Vile, Odious -- And Completely True
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1187106702.shtml


   Aziz says:

     ...this fairly odious piece of conservative conventional wisdom....
     that Democrats actively desire failure in Iraq. I know a fair
     number of DWers here believe much the same thing, and it's vile.

   Odious? Vile? Oh [1]really?

     The war in Iraq "is lost" and a US troop surge is failing to bring
     peace to the country, the leader of the Democratic majority in the
     US Congress, Harry Reid, said Thursday.

   Is [2]that so?

     Many Democrats have anticipated that, at best, Petraeus and U.S.
     ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker would present a mixed analysis of
     the success of the current troop surge strategy, given continued
     violence in Baghdad. But of late there have been signs that the
     commander of U.S. forces might be preparing something more
     generally positive. Clyburn said that would be "a real big problem
     for us."

   Now, that's vile.
   Aziz argues that "this basic civility has been sacrificed on the altar
   of immediate, short term political gain," but the reality is far
   worse: Democrats have put partisan political gain above the good of
   two nations. Not only that, but they have the astonishing gall to
   scream "don't question our patriotism!" and claim any such criticism
   is out of bounds whenever anyone dares to notice the obvious (the
   irony of making these accusations while calling their own disgraceful
   conduct "dissent" and claiming it's the highest form of patriotism
   escapes them).
   Now, it's certainly possible to overstate the Dems' commitment to
   failure in Iraq. All else being equal, Democrats are Americans and
   would generally like to see America do well. But, sadly, all else
   isn't equal. By insisting that Iraq was a terrible mistake by
   Republicans and betting on failure, Democrats have put themselves in
   the political position that victory in Iraq is now a political
   negative for the party. And so what's good for America is now bad for
   the Democratic Party. But they have no one but themselves to blame for
   the position they're now in, and whining about being criticized for it
   shouldn't garner one iota of sympathy.
   Oh, for the days when Dewey [3]declined to criticize Roosevelt's
   conduct of the war for political gain.

References

   1. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070419184534.ileoeb47&show_article=1
   2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073001380.html
   3. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=1100100421