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Former left-wing radical David Horowitz learned about anti-Americanism and antiwar protesting back in the 1960s as a leading opponent of the Vietnam War. Many years ago he made the long march to the right, and has become a formidable opponent of the loony left. Horowitz understands the seriousness of America's jihadist enemies. He exhaustively mines the Congressional Record for diatribes by left-wing politicians who accuse the President of knowing about 9/11 beforehand, and lying to the America people.
Left-wing attorneys from prominent law firms do their bit to keep terrorists warm and comfortable, with lawsuits and threats of lawsuits that have gotten prisoners the Koran in 13 languages, prayer rugs and beads, and special meals conforming with Islamic dietary laws. Horowitz does blame the Bush administration for its failure to effectively answer the barrage of ridiculous accusations. By trying to take the high road and not engage the defeatists, Bush has damaged his own credibility and therefore his ability to effectively wage this very difficult war. By not going after key enemies on the Left, like the New York Times (which Horowitz accuses of treason for leaking vital intelligence information like the methodologies used by banks to track terrorists' money flows), the administration has encouraged further security breaches. As in any war, mistakes were made and tactics were flawed. Insufficient troops were sent, the local tribal politics were poorly understood, and the U.S. tied its own hands with crippling rules of engagement that worked greatly to the enemy's advantage. But the results of just pulling out of Iraq now would be catastrophic, because we are engaged in a worldwide, multi-front conflict, and any sign of weakness will just spur on the fanatics. Any war requires a great act of national will in order to be won. The defeatist drumbeat from the left must be aggressively countered, and cynical politicians who put America at risk to advance their own careers must be confronted. Our avowed enemies, who have pledged their lives to our total destruction, are deadly serious. The question is whether we have the courage to defeat them. (Spence Publishing, 2008, 164 pps, $22.95) |
Former Senator Tom Daschle employed the code words of Watergate with reference to 9/11: "What did the President know and when did he know it?" Cynthia McKinney, Democrat from Georgia, repeated those words and asked why people were not warned and therefore were condemned to die because "Bush knew." Democrat Senator Dick Durbin credulously listened to every jihadist prisoner rant, and compared U.S. officials at Guantanamo to the Soviets, the Nazis, and Pol Pot. "Bush's gulag," said Al Gore. Right out of the Vietnam playbook; it's all about blaming America first.
