Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Another Thought on Iraq
Between the Kerry flacks, assorted Democratic politicians and run-of-mill liberal Manhattanies, I keep hearing about how there's no evidence that Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda were connected...that there's no link between Iraq and 9/11, etc.
It makes me wonder. When Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese in 1942, did ordinary Americans, as well as journalists, go on and on about it wasn't Nazi Germany that attacked us...that going to war against Germany was diverting us from the real threat of the Japanese...? Or for that matter, I don't remember ever learning about average Americans of the time bashing the president for acting "unilaterally" not involving "allies" or "losing the respect of the international community" like I do today, it seems, by everyone and their grandmothers.
It makes me wonder. When Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese in 1942, did ordinary Americans, as well as journalists, go on and on about it wasn't Nazi Germany that attacked us...that going to war against Germany was diverting us from the real threat of the Japanese...? Or for that matter, I don't remember ever learning about average Americans of the time bashing the president for acting "unilaterally" not involving "allies" or "losing the respect of the international community" like I do today, it seems, by everyone and their grandmothers.
