The definition of Sedition:
Definition: \Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF.
sedition, F.
s['e]dition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside;
hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside
+ itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. {Issue}.]
1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to
insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an
overt act; excitement of discontent against the
government, or of resistance to lawful authority.
Now here's my point. The authorization to use force against Iraq was passed by a majority in Congress. That is the "lawful authority" that justified Bush's actions towards overthrowing Saddam Hussein.
But to LATER now claim that Bush has lied about WMDs in Iraq, and that he somehow was able to twist the elbows of every major intelligence analyst, domestic and international, and that we have no business having troops in Iraq is seditious. Especially when EVERY intelligence agency of the UN agreed that Saddam was in material breach of UNSC resolutions to disarm and voted as such in UNSC 1441.
We have troops in Iraq. They are fighting and dying over there. And the last thing they need to hear is that the Democrats are playing politics with providing them the material and financial support they need to carry out the mission that the Congress authorized them to perform.
Furthermore, such political subversion of the national will in this struggle, as well as the encouragement of our enemies, is sedition, if not outright treason.
We're at war.. This is not just some kind of debating society event. People's lives are on the line. The future of this country is on the line as we face the unbridled hatred by an Islamo-Fascist enemy who seeks our destruction.
And while I can see the debate about making some of the reconstruction funding be a loan and not a grant as valid, we also have to be conscious of the propaganda opportunity such a deal provides to our enemies.
Hawk |
