There is a slight grain of truth in
this latest attack on the war effort in Iraq. The Conflict is emboldening terrorists the same way it is galvanizing Democrats on the same issue. For the first time in decades, liberals have an issue which appeals to their supporters, after dramatic declines since the 70’s. Democrats see Iraq as another Vietnam, which is odd since their decline as a Party can be directly traced to that debacle, the only time the US ever lost a war. They paint Bush as another Richard Nixon (Bush lied and people died) and Rumsfeld as McNamara. Yet, this easy comparison fails to give a complete picture. Just as terrorist numbers have risen, so has the world’s response to the long ignored threat strengthened enormously. Many nations such as Britain and America now commit their entire military and intelligence resources against Al Qaeda, once only seen as a police matter. In Iraq there are now 300,000 native military troops consigned as a vast anti-insurgency force, in addition to 150,000 US troops. Though, the liberal dominated Media and Democrats may conspire to lose another war as they once did in Vietnam, it is self-defeating for America will never trust a Party weak on National Security.