Building on the previous post, perhaps it is possible that Daschle was duped by the Bushies. Via Instapundit, here's what Bull Moose has to say to that:
The Moose does not have to trust George W. Bush to hold that view. He believes Tony Blair. For that matter, most of the Clinton national security team was convinced that Saddam posed a threat to American interests and security. It was hardly a vast neo-con conspiracy that brought us to war.
Will the American people have faith in and trust a party that claims that it was gullibly duped, or as George Romney claimed about another war - that it was "brainwashed."? Moreover, should the objective be re-fighting the reasons to go to war and making the Democrats the official anti-war party or should the goal be achieving reasonable success in Iraq? If you believe in the former than you would encourage more efforts like the one Senate Democrats undertook yesterday. If you believe in the latter, you want the opposition party to present a better plan for winning this war.
While the war is increasingly unpopular, the Democrats should be careful that they are positioning themselves as a party that is gullible, feckless and indecisive on national security. It may provide immense partisan satisfaction to flummox the Republicans on a procedural maneuver, but beware of the long-term impact on the party which already suffers from a perception of being weak on national security.
Powerline exposes the myth that the Bush administration cooked the intelligence to justify war, and via Powerline Dafydd ab Hugh discussed the WMDs we have found in Iraq.
As Jeff Jacoby notes, there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic about Iraq. The United States has done a great and noble thing for the people of Iraq. It'd be a pity if we let left-wing "America Firsters" betray the brave people of Iraq. Faithful reader Donna notes the irony of the "the newly aggressive chorus of Democrats," including Daschle, who are calling for retreat from Iraq. If the America First left-wing shared half as much aggression for fighting terror and liberating Iraqis as they do for their rhetorical war against George W. Bush, we'd all be better off. Remember Harry Truman? Remember John Kennedy? Remember "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty"? Remember when liberal America was in favor of fighting global evil, as opposed to appeasing it?
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