Hooey, Hogwash and Malarkey
Austin Bay:
"The first jab at the Bush administration from the 'peace at any price crowd (aka the peace pukes)-- the charge of 'unilateralism' -- had a rather elastic definition, but then hooey always has a high rubber content.
"...Then came the 'rush to war' hokum, a charge utterly ignoring the long war with Saddam that began Aug. 2, 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait. In retrospect, the U.S. reaction to Saddam's provocations in 1994 and 1996 was slow and inadequate. Rush to war? In early 2003, leftist 'human shields' rushed to Baghdad, to protect Iraqis from U.S. bombs. In November 2003, however, there's no peacenik rush to put their bodies between U.N. facilities and Al Qaeda car bombers.
"Once Operation Iraqi Freedom kicked off, the defeatist cant became 'quagmire' (aka the quagmirest). The New York Times' R W Apple declared in late March (on the front page) that Central Command's attack was a 'quagmire.' Of course, CENTCOM pulled off one of the most successful military offensives in history.
Pundits dub the next tripe theme 'The Imminent Lie.' This hogwash maintains Bush 'lied,' alleging the president said that Saddam was an imminent threat to attack with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. Actually, in his 2003 State of the Union address Bush said just the opposite, that we couldn't wait until the threat was imminent.
"Self-critique is one thing, the acid of self-doubt spurred by lies is something else. It's time for every American to be a leader, to bury these lies -- from unilateralism, to quagmire, to 'no one told us' -- and get on with the hard business of winning the War on Terror."
Austin Bay:
"The first jab at the Bush administration from the 'peace at any price crowd (aka the peace pukes)-- the charge of 'unilateralism' -- had a rather elastic definition, but then hooey always has a high rubber content.
"...Then came the 'rush to war' hokum, a charge utterly ignoring the long war with Saddam that began Aug. 2, 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait. In retrospect, the U.S. reaction to Saddam's provocations in 1994 and 1996 was slow and inadequate. Rush to war? In early 2003, leftist 'human shields' rushed to Baghdad, to protect Iraqis from U.S. bombs. In November 2003, however, there's no peacenik rush to put their bodies between U.N. facilities and Al Qaeda car bombers.
"Once Operation Iraqi Freedom kicked off, the defeatist cant became 'quagmire' (aka the quagmirest). The New York Times' R W Apple declared in late March (on the front page) that Central Command's attack was a 'quagmire.' Of course, CENTCOM pulled off one of the most successful military offensives in history.
Pundits dub the next tripe theme 'The Imminent Lie.' This hogwash maintains Bush 'lied,' alleging the president said that Saddam was an imminent threat to attack with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. Actually, in his 2003 State of the Union address Bush said just the opposite, that we couldn't wait until the threat was imminent.
"Self-critique is one thing, the acid of self-doubt spurred by lies is something else. It's time for every American to be a leader, to bury these lies -- from unilateralism, to quagmire, to 'no one told us' -- and get on with the hard business of winning the War on Terror."
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