Peace Movement’s True Colors

I never understood that logic, and never will. Why does the party of the president even matter, as long as his policies work? Just because a Democrat’s now endorsing those policies, he’s right?!

Leftists running out of things to oppose now, watch as a new weight of accountability and responsibility crushes their old partisan opposition platforms.

That’s okay, Skye… they’ll be back as soon as they realize that Obama will be doing the same as Bush on troop withdrawal, subject to preconditions.

But that does not mean the same results that Bush would have obtained.

Democrats took over Congress in 2006 and promised accountability. Instead, they racked up the lowest approval ratings in history. Their Presidential candidate was a member of this train wreck of a Congress (bad news – the GOP did the same thing).

My best guess is that the Obama administration (despite public posturing to the contrary in the coming months) will attempt to carry out Bush’s plan. But the Messiah is massively incompetent if nothing else, and He will merely manage to screw up both Iraq and Afghanistan.

One sage put it best – what is the possibility that in a few years both Iraq and Afghanistan will both be allies? Probably neither one. Iraq will see the fumbling amateurs and misfits in the incoming administration and decide that cutting a deal with Iran might be the safest bet. Afghanistan is a bit dicier for the Chosen One (since He promised to focus all of His attentions there), but as soon as His plans start to falter He will do what Clinton did in Somalia – blame the military commanders and the previous administration, and get the hell out of there.

Congratulations, Ms. Know, you now own the intellectual property rights to the use of the term “illuminati” when used to refer to those who are left of center. Just add “socialist,” “elitist,” “left-wing,” or “liberal” and you have an instant catchphrase. Unfortunately, like all cliches, it fools you into thinking you’ve said something interesting, no matter how trite and devoid of content your comment is.

Taxes will be raised, our troops will be left destitute, the rivers will turn to blood, and frogs will rain from the sky. It appears you too claim to be the possessor of special knowledge. Does that make you a member of the “illuminati?”

That’s Dave President-Elect Hussein Noble to you, Mike. At the risk of wasting my keystrokes, let me try to explain the difference between content-driven critiques and mindless insults ( You know, like calling someone a silly name). I did not call Ms. Know an idiot, a moron, delusional, mentally ill, a Rethuglican, a Republitard (look familiar?), or a wingnut. I criticized her repeated use of the term “illuminati.” Over the course of four posts, her use of the term was no more meaningful than if she had called her opponents “smartypants.” Again it’s an instance of facile name-calling.

That’s criticism of the content of her post, not a vicious personal attack.

I also criticized her dire predictions of the coming destruction of the American way of life (a recurring theme on this site). Anybody can do that. It doesn’t take any research or thought.

I don’t doubt that Ms. Know is capable of adding something more to the conversation. She simply hasn’t chosen to do that yet.