In some ways, six years can be a very long time. In others... well, not so much. Six years ago, shocked out of our complacency by the world's violent truth, Americans came together as a people for the first time in half a century. We swore to stand together against our common enemies. We vowed we would Never Forget. I still see those stickers on cars from time to time, faded and peeling. To so many people, that's all 9/11 means anymore -- a faded, tattered bumper sticker.
Just six years on, Democratic leaders spent two days -- including the anniversary of 9/11 -- in an all-out effort to see the US disgraced and our military retreat from the fight against terrorists in Iraq. Democratic Senators and Representatives alike flatly accused General David Petraeus, a career military man with an unblemished, honorable three-decade record of service -- of "cherry-picking" and manipulating data in exchange for... well, no one has indicated just what Petraeus might gain from lying. They're just certain that he is, because his report (eagerly anticipated by the same Democrats when they thought he might report failure) differs from their preconceived opinions... opinions basically hand-written for them by groups like MoveOn.org, which took out a full-page ad in the NY Times smearing Petraeus us "General Betray Us." Winning can only be considered "betrayal" if one actually sides with the enemy. Oh, but don't question their patriotism or their support for the troops!
One Democrat Presidential hopeful, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), recently went on Syrian television to attack President Bush, undermine our troops, give heart to our enemies and praise the dictator Bashar Assad -- who is allowing terrorists to funnel through his country into Iraq -- as a humanitarian who is helping bring about stability in the region! Suppose a politician (let alone a possible Presidential candidate) went on German radio during the WWII to denounce President Roosevelt's "illegal" and "immoral" war against Italy, demanding that he work with Germany to bring stability to Europe. The only debate in this country would have been whether to commit him to an insane asylum or execute him for treason.
Who knew, in the days and weeks that followed 9/11, that the Democratic party would have become so deeply invested in a US defeat at the hands of terrorists like those who attacked us that they would say anything, do anything to ensure victory for the kind of people who murdered nearly 3,000 people that day? Who would have believed that more than 40% of Democrats would think the US government actively planned 9/11, or at least allowed it to happen?
Our enemies know how divided the far Left has made this country. Osama bin Laden recently resurfaced spouting what sound suspiciously like Left-wing talking points -- railing against "neocons," issuing dire warnings about global warming, blaming the assassination of President Kennedy on evil corporations who wanted to keep the Vietnam War going, chiding Democrats for not getting US troops out of Iraq by now, bashing America for killing all but "a few specimens of Red Indians" and for using nuclear weapons against Japan in WWII. If it wasn't for his frequent references to religion and the fact that he's not a native-born American, he might be running for President.
Perhaps MoveOn.org mailed him the wrong talking points, and we'll start seeing Democratic politicians referring to the US as "the Great Satan" while demanding submission to Islamic law. To be honest, I wouldn't be all that surprised. To Democrats, there's nothing more important than being loved by the rest of the world, especially Europe... which is rapidly becoming Islamicised itself.
Before 9/11, bin Laden referred to America as the "weak horse" and a "paper tiger." He told his followers that Americans could not stand the sight of their own blood, and would crumble if his followers could only hold out long enough. With half the country desperate to forget about war and get back to American Idol, it's painful -- but necessary -- to admit that he may have been half right.
