Thursday, January 29, 2004
Ali at IRAQ THE MODEL isn't too impressed, to say the least, with something Howard Dean said.
[...]To summarize my response I was not surprised, but it added to my confusion about the justification of the position of some Americans regarding this issue.
To have such approach from some Arabs and Muslims, it’s more than expected, still nauseating though. To have such an approach from some European countries is also (natural). But to come from Americans? Well, this is just more than I can understand.
I’d like to (debate with) Mr. Dean and his supporters on few points...
It's sad the way American politics has become so polarized that on some issues, the rhetoric degenerates to the point that candidates feel they have to be in opposition on every major issue, rather than taking a position of, "Yes, that's OK, but elect me and I can do better..." If Howard Dean really feels that what we've done and are doing in Iraq is so bad that he's willing to risk the mission and the men's morale, and the morale of their families, then why isn't his position that we should pull out immediately rather than continuing "George Bush's War?" I would suggest it's because he knows damn well the facts don't match his rhetoric, but he (and he's not the only one) just feels that anything's fair on the road the White House.
Anyway, keep listening to those Iraqis.
