The Ornery American - Sarandon, Garafolo, Mandela -- McCarthyism of the Left


I kinda got tired of the Ender books after the second one, but I enjoyed this essay by Orson Scott Card:

Susan Sarandon, Janeane Garafolo, and Nelson Mandela -- what a crew.


This week all three unleashed savage attacks against President Bush and his policy on Iraq. Attacks that remind me of nothing so much as the wild and false charges leveled by Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.


Nelson Mandela is a genuine hero, a statesman. He is one of the few revolutionaries to achieve power and then govern responsibly, for the benefit of all the people.


Sarandon and Garafolo are, of course, not in that category. But they are both smart women with great talent -- and, in fact, their anti-war ads are very powerful.


"What has Iraq ever done to us?" is the core question both ads ask of the American people.


The answer, of course, is obvious. Iraq invaded their neighbor Kuwait back in 1991. The United States led a coalition to drive them out of Kuwait. We succeeded -- and, in obedience to international law and our agreements with our coalition allies, we did not proceed to drive Saddam out of power.


Instead, we imposed conditional ceasefire terms, among which were:[...]