Left was wrong about Iraq
By Bill Roe
Carolina Morning News
The war in Iraq for all intents and purposes is over. What have we learned from the three weeks that the coalition forces took to oust the Saddam Hussein regime?
First, there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The primary weapon of mass destruction was Saddam Hussein, a violent tyrant who thought nothing of gassing or torturing his own people.
Second, we can see clearly the other real losers - the left wing of the political spectrum. Chief loser was the so-called "intellectual left" from the movie industry and mass media.
Evidence shows the atrocities perpetrated by Hussein and his regime are comparable to the SS of Hitler's Germany. People being buried alive, women and children butchered.
Yet it became obvious the left cared more about condemning our president than acknowledging that they had lined up on the wrong side of history.
Janeane Garofalo has already admitted that ranting and raving about the coalition forces entering Baghdad helped give her faltering television career a boost. I beg to differ. Her pilot for ABC will never make it. She is to television what Jane Fonda was to movies.
Another with a credibility gap is "Baghdad Bob," or Tim Robbins. In an article in the left-leaning Guardian newspaper, he whined about how his family had suffered after he and his wife Susan Sarandon made comments attacking our president. He also told a radio station about reports of death threats against prominent anti-war activists.
One has never heard Robbins speak out about how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' life was threatened when speaking at Eastern universities. Robbins wants to get back to the old days of left-of-center reporting by the major networks.
The public has choice now. The dials have shown that ABC, CBS and NBC have lost their credibility.
Let's look at the credibility scorecard:
The left has said we were fighting for the oil. Wrong. Iraq will control its own oil.
The left said our battle plan was in tatters. Wrong.
The left said the battle could last for years. Wrong.
The left has said America and its coalition partners would end up in a quagmire. Wrong.
The left said that Saddam had fanatical support. Wrong.
The left said the Iraqi army would fight for every inch of soil. Wrong.
The left said we would not receive a welcome from the Iraqi populace. Wrong.
Some "left-friends," such as the editor of Salon.com, admitted they had hoped for more resistance and more body bags. Wrong (and heinous as well).
The left hoped the war would be the death knell to the Bush presidency. Wrong.
The left said there was no connection between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Captured documents say otherwise. Very wrong.
The left says reconstruction of Iraq will fail. Time will tell, but this writer hopes that the people of Iraq will form a new country of opportunity, guided by the efforts of enlightened self-government.
The left will never admit that it was wrong. The left will never admit their actions gave aid and comfort to the enemy, thereby putting our young men and women in jeopardy.
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