The (Weak) Liberal Mind
I remember back in the late '70's how the Democrats tried to paint Ronald Reagan as some gunslinging cowboy who would engulf us in war on his second day in office.
Happily, the American people saw through the foolishness and twice elected Reagan as President. I thought of RR when I read this piece by Richard Reeves.
Reeves is drenched in his own drool as he hyper-ventilates about George W. Bush. To Reeves, GWB is an awful person and worse President, who has done nothing but chase off our allies and further entrench our enemies.
What is remarkable about Reeves' words are the utter lack of ANY and ALL context. Reeves just makes up this and that and then bashes President Bush for it. For instance Reeves says "The president is a bold, decisive and overconfident crusader, a self-righteous leader, a dangerous man. He changed the rules, ignoring the post-World War II history of alliances, multilateral institutions and containment." What facts does Reeves use here? If you answered "None" you would be close. He got "bold, decisive" right and nothing else.
How has Bush ignored "post-World War II history of alliances, multilateral institutions and containment" ?
We have the help of numerous allies in Iraq. Japan, Britain, Spain, Poland, and Australia to name five off the top of my head. So that is Reeves' Lie #1.
We repeatedly tried to utilize the ultimate "multilateral institution", the United Nations, going through the laborious process for twelve years and umpteen "resolutions". So that is Reeves' Lie #2.
We appealed to Saddam Hussein over and over to do the right thing. We put him under a decade long embargo, chased him back inside his own borders, used no-fly zones etc, to "contain" him. None of it worked. That is Reeves' Lie #3.
One paragraph, three lies.
Liberals like Reeves have no respect for truth. Their only concern is attacking those with whom they have political differences. Reeves dislikes the use of the American Military, therefore he lies and obfuscates, pretending that George W. Bush is some satanic combination of Nero and Napoleon.
