"I debated America's Iraq policy on National Public Radio today with the spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Also appearing in the roundtable was pollster John Zogby; Dante Zappalla, the brother of a National Guardsmen killed in Iraq; and Andrew McCarthy, an archconservative from the so-called Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (a group set up to advocate for war in Iraq). Listen to the debate here (it really gets going at around 24 minutes in).
I found a few things interesting. First, as noted on this website with regard to the DCCC's attitude toward the Paul Hackett race, the Democratic Party as an institution really seems afraid to address the Iraq War at all, which is not only sad, but, as Zogby notes, is politically stupid. Second, the right-wingers who pushed deliberate lies that justified this war in the first place are resorting to claiming that Iraq is an extension of the War on Terror, coming once again very close to claiming that Saddam Hussein's Iraq had something to do with 9/11 and al Qaeda - claims that have been repeatedly debunked.
Both positions are really troubling. On one side, you have the Democratic Party still afraid of its own shadow on Iraq, and ignoring the courageous Democrats in Congress who are demanding answers about Iraq. On the other side you have conservatives so desperate to hide their lies and their disastrous Iraq policy, they are resorting to already-debunked lies. The result is that the majority of Americans who believe the Iraq War made this country less safe and want an exit strategy are being ignored by an ever-more insulated and out-of-touch political Establishment that purports to speak in our country's name."-from Sirotablog,
with audio from NPR.
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