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Historic election in Iraq, much to the chagrin of the left
Published Thursday, December 15, 2005 by Editor | E-mail this post
By the millions, Iraqis are lined up to cast votes in Parliamentary elections for a new permanent government. No more voting for interim leaders or constitutions, finally, the Iraqis will decide on who will lead for the next four years. Regardless of your position on the war in Iraq, there is no debating the fact that these elections represent a monumental achievement for a nation, which only a few years ago, was ruled by a brutal murderous tyrannical government. The polls, which will close at 9:00 AM eastern time, have seen huge numbers turn out, even among Sunnis. These elections, if successful, will serve as a model for the Middle East, something the radicals of Islam want desperately to prevent.In spite of the success of the elections, in spite of the large turnout (putting turnout in this country to shame), and in spite of the relative calm and upbeat attitude of most Iraqis, there is one group who will try to the uttermost to castigate these elections as either a failure or meaningless. Who would be so foolish as to argue the elections currently underway in Iraq are a failure? The left, naturally. The likes of Howard Dean, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi want nothing more than to portray this experiment in Iraq as a failure, for the same reason that they have tried in vein to convince us that the thriving American economy is failure. The left, like most politicians, are driven by an insatiable desire for political power and influence. To achieve that end their political opponents must be defeated and the best way to defeat an opponent is to dismiss that rival as a failure.
This desire for power and influence is nothing new in politics. What is new is the depraved leftist desire for America to fail at every turn. Left yearns for America to fail in Iraq, to fail in the war on terror, to fail on the economy. The left desperately clings to hope of failure, only then can they succeed. To this end they will employ any means to disparage an opponent, even at the expense of national security. This is evidenced by their hypocritical position on Iraq. Where once they called for Saddam ouster under Bill Clinton, now they long for his return. Where once they spoke highly of the economy, even when it was performing poorly (as during the 2000 election) now they falsely claim that 4.3% economic growth and unprecedented job growth is failure.
The agenda of the left is readily apparent to the learned, which is why the left cultivates a culture of dependency, with relatively no emphasis on independent achievement or objective thought. Make no mistake about it; a victory in Iraq is a victory for America, though it may be a defeat for the left. We should further note that a victory for the left is a defeat for America and puts us on the road to serfdom, in the words of author F.A. Hayek.
Link to New York Times article
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