More Than Just Politics As Usual (Robert Scheer)

The Nation: Debate Among Democrats On Iraq Boils Down To More Than Politics
Aug. 27, 2006
(The Nation) This column was written by Robert Scheer

... It is one thing for Democrats like Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts to admit that they bought into the Bush Administration's lies about Saddam Hussein's alleged nuke program and partnership with Al Qaeda and to now seek to make amends by working to bring the troops home. It is quite another, as Lieberman has, to continue to defend as wise this patently absurd betrayal of the public interest. And it moves from dumb to evil to claim that those like Lamont who dare tell the truth are giving aid and comfort to the enemy ...

In fact, Lieberman, along with the President and Vice President, has become a full-blown McCarthyite smear artist, painting his political opponents with the tar brush of treason in an alleged apocalyptic battle for civilization ...

"The war in Iraq has proved to be a disaster for the struggle against Osama bin Laden," Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack said in last Sunday's Washington Post. "Fighters there are receiving training, building networks and becoming further radicalized--and the U.S. occupation is proving a dream recruiting tool for young Muslims worldwide."

This is quite an admission coming from two Democratic hawks who vociferously supported the war ... So are they chastened by the mayhem? No, they want us to dig ourselves a deeper hole ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/25/opinion/main1935574.shtml

articles like this make me feel grateful that I am able to afford a subscription to The Nation magazine.

He's been writing excellent pieces since Vietnam days.

--IMM

Scheer said the following in a Nation column on Sept 11, 2002 -- six months before our media and Congress allowed themselves to be fooled into warmongering.

"..Speaking of obsessions, Saddam Hussein, dead or alive, had nothing to do with September 11, much as we'd like to find an excuse for going to war with Iraq."

He could say that about Clinton, but he can't muster it for himself here. It's his choice, and disavowing your constituents has natural consequences.

not admitting you're wrong or not KNOWING you're wrong. The results, sadly, are the same.