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The left finally admits it: OK, we DON’T support the war in Afghanistan

Remember how, for the last 5+ years, the left told us that we should pay more attention to Afghanistan and less to Iraq?  You know, how the war in Afghanistan was much more important than the one in Iraq?  You know, how you couldn’t support the war in Iraq if you didn’t enlist in the military, all while they were allegedly supporting the war in Afghanistan…without enlisting in the military?

To quote the great Vincent Gambini from My Cousin Vinny: “Everything that guy just said was bull$h!t.  Thank you.”  Details:

Escalation is a bad idea. The Democrats backed themselves into defending the idea of Afghanistan being The Good War because they felt they needed to prove their macho bonafides they called for withdrawal from Iraq. Nobody asked too many questions sat the time, including me. But none of us should forget that it was a political strategy, not a serious foreign policy.

There have been many campaign promises “adjusted” since the election. There is no reason that the administration should feel any more bound to what they said about this than all the other committments [sic] it has blithely turned aside in the interest of “pragmatism.”

Refreshingly honest, no?  A leftist admits that the left doesn’t really like or support the military, but considering the public as a whole adores the military, then said leftist knows that his side must pretend to love and support the military, too.

As I was crafting my retort, I read Ace’s take and decided to quote him instead, since his take is much more eloquently stated that my own:

You claimed to support a war in which American soldiers were fighting and dying, leaving friends and limbs on the battlefield, as a cynical political strategy?

You… um… voiced support of a real serious-as-death war to cadge votes out of a duped public?

We won’t forget, champ. And we won’t let you forget, either.

Again we see a leftist projecting his pathological darkness on to others. They accused Bush of fighting wars for this very reason. And now, when it’s safe to say so (they think), they concede: We supported a war for the reason we accused Bush of doing so for 8 years.

If you voted for B.O. in part because you honestly thought he was more commited to Afghanistan (which, before now, was the left’s “war that must be won”), I’ve got some swampland I’d like to sell you.

September 23, 2009 - Posted by crushliberalism | Afghanistan, shameful