Whose Side Are You On?
I saw some anti-war protestors while driving through Pasadena. There were only three, but they had a ton of signs lying around. Perhaps they were expecting more comrades to join them later.
Anyway, the signs said pretty much what you'd expect. Bush is a liar and a war criminal, they support Cindy Sheehan, and so on. But one sign surprised me. It said Bush was selling us out with his port deal.
Now I admit the issue is a tremendous gift to Democrats. The public can't stand it and Bush won't give up (not yet, anyway). But these weren't Democrats, these were war protestors. They didn't like our attacking a "sovereign nation," even if it was a torture chamber run by a madman with whom we had the shakiest of truces. Shouldn't they, then, support this sort of rapprochement with an Arab, Muslim country? Shouldn't they like a plan where we work with others, rather than fight them?
But I forgot, Bush did it, so it can't be good. Keep waving them signs, boys.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:13 AM
3 Comments:
The real test will be when Bush pulls out of Iraq. Will they protest that out of reflex?
I think th eprotest is that Bush is in bed with the Arab moneymen- Saudi sheikhs, sultans of whatnot and what have you. The rich bastards whose subjects made up the balance of the 9/11 gang. Not saying the protest is correct in their opinion but there is a certain logic to it. (Which is not always evident in the reflexive Bush defense that show up here so often)
Most of us on this blog do support the Iraq war, but I'd hope we do so through reason, not reflex. (As to what Bush does otherwise, such as his free-spending ways, I think we may be as likely to criticize him as defend him.)
If anyone out there thinks our defense of the war, or of anything, is automatic, or even poorly argued, please call us on it. And try to be specific--vague charges are hard to respond to.
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