True, it is supportive of the effort to redeem Iraq. I guess
I should be glad it wasn't the typical all negative all the
time we typically get from the left.
What chaffs my butt is the general doom & gloom perspective
to the near exclusion of the positive. And the automatic
assumption (in a vacuum) to paint any problems as
incompetence or mismanagement of the Bush Admin.
Don't get me wrong. There are many problems in Iraq & the
Bush Admin has made a number of mistakes along the way. Name
one war & the aftermath where everything went perfectly in
every respect.
Iraq's infrastructure was disintegrating due to abject
neglect (oil, water, sewage, health, communication,
education, etc.) by the time Saddam was removed. It was
compounded by decades of tyranny, terrorism & corruption &
cronyism that left the entire country in a shambles, lacking
the leadership, skills & resources to rebuild itself.
The progress made in 2 1/2 years is absolutely astounding.
There have been many more positive things that have happened
since then that typically get minimized or ignored by the
left. Yet they vastly overstate all real & perceived problems
while failing to acknowledge a vast majority of the
successes.
And it's all Bush's fault. Let's ignore the Oil-for-Food
scandal. Let's forget the widespread corruption (Saddam's
bribes for protection) at the UN, France, Germany, Russia &
China, ET AL, that helped ferment negative world opinion &
opposition. Those countries & the UN helped rape Iraq & they
wouldn't lift a finger to help fix her post Saddam. Instead
they continued to obstruct.
Let's forget that the left in the US & Europe has opposed &
obstructed everything related to Iraq. Let's forget that the
left manufactured numerous false scandals that wasted vast
amounts of time & resources that could have been spent on
fixing Iraq.
Etc., etc., etc.
Yup, I should be grateful that this lib wasn't 100% negative. |
