More Democracy Hypocrisy, Part 2

More Democracy Hypocrisy, Part 2

I have a whole list of items to present on “Democracy Hypocrisy” but seriously, I can’t keep up with these a**holes. But here is one more installment:

ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING HYPOCRISY

A**holes blame Iraqis (or the Bush administration) for the disaster in Iraq. Glenn Greenwald has that summary of hypocrisy. Before they blamed the Iraqis for voting for the wrong leaders, they praised them for voting for the right leaders. And before they got busy blaming the Bush administration for messing up the war on Iraq, they were busy helping the Bush administration promote the war on Iraq. Ledeen, one of the main promoters of the war on Iraq, said this in 2002: “One can only hope that we turn the region into a cauldron, and faster, please. If ever there were a region that richly deserved being cauldronized, it is the Middle East today.” Well, he got what he wanted and now he claims he was against the war! What a liar – and hypocrisy doesn’t get much deeper than this.

However, Dole, our detested Senator from NC, is busy blaming the Democrats for the (in her mind only) upcoming loss of the war in Iraq. I called her office today to remind her that it was a REPUBLICAN president and REBUPLICAN congress that thought up this war in 2001-2002, it was a REPUBLICAN president and a REPUBLICAN congress that started the war in 2003, and it was a REPUBLICAN president and a REPUBLICAN congress that lost the war in August 2003 when the UN headquarters and the holy shrine in Najaf were bombed. IT IS FULLY A REPUBLICAN DEAL, no matter what the upcoming US elections show, and no matter how many despicable DEMOCRATS supported this illegal and immoral war, and no matter what happens next. To blame anyone else is the deepest of lies and hypocrisy, not that they care.

Then Ledeen goes and posts this about his critics (in response to the heat from Glenn Greenwald):

The usual suspects are up in arms that I am a "liar" for stating in response to the Vanity Fair piece that "I opposed the military invasion of Iraq before it took place and I advocated - as I still do - support for political revolution in Iran as the logical and necessary first step in the war against the terror masters."

Without including any links to the people who are making such claims or their overwhelming evidence. Yep, more hypocrisy – then he goes and says this:

As for the Scowcroft excoriation left bloggers are pointing to, I never address military action in it. Which, again, anyone who's been reading me all this time know wasn't my solution to the problem.

Well, see quote above! Taken right from the article he is linking to here! Apparently, turning it into a “cauldron” is not (in his mind) a reference to military action. What is it then, a reference to pure terrorism to be visited on the people of the Middle East? Only a truly evil person would want to turn some part of the world into a CAULDRON. And they wonder why “they” hate us!!

If you wish, you can email the National Review, where Ledeen now claims he was always against the war, and let them know what a liar he is. Below are two emails.

comments.lowry@nationalreview.com

klopez@nationalreview.com

And you can also email the American Enterprise Institute, where Ledeen works, and let them know what a liar and hypocrite he is.

VRodman@aei.org

ALevy@aei.org

I guess technically, this goes way beyond hypocrisy and just is outright LYING. But they are still hypocrites to blame other people for their screw-ups.