McGovern US to Blame for Terrorists
From Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal Best of the Web November 10, 2006
By George, Let's Lose Another War!"
Well, let's not make too much of this. It turns out that the group with which McGovern is meeting is "the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a 62-member group led by Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee." Rep. Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against authorizing military action against al Qaeda in 2001.
Still, 62 Democrats are enough to make up slightly over one-fourth of the new congressional majority, and it's mildly unsettling to consider that such a significant faction would agree with nonsense such as this:
McGovern told the audience Thursday that the Iraq and Vietnam wars were equally "foolish " and that the current threat of terrorism developed because--not before--the United States went into Iraq.
McGovern must have a really short memory. For his information, here's a timeline:
Dec. 29, 1992: Al Qaeda bombs a hotel in Aden, Yemen, and attempts to bomb a second one, unsuccessfully targeting U.S. Marines staying there.
Feb. 26, 1993: Al Qaeda bombs World Trade Center, killing six adults and an unborn child.
Feb. 22, 1998: Osama bin Laden issues a fatwa declaring war on the U.S.
Aug. 7, 1998: Al Qaeda bombs U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing more than 220.
Oct. 12, 2000: Al Qaeda attacks USS Cole in Aden, killing 17 sailors.
Sept. 11, 2001: Al Qaeda attacks World Trade Center and Pentagon with hijacked planes, killing some 3,000 people, mostly civilians.
December 2002: George McGovern, in an essay for Harper's, blames America for terrorism.
March 20, 2003: Operation Iraqi Freedom begins.
So not only does the terrorist threat long predate the liberation of Iraq, but so does McGovern's claim that America is to blame for it. Hard to believe the people of Massachusetts actually voted for this guy.
By George, Let's Lose Another War!"
George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said
Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to
recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June," the Associated
Press reports from Lincoln, Neb.
Well, let's not make too much of this. It turns out that the group with which McGovern is meeting is "the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a 62-member group led by Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee." Rep. Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against authorizing military action against al Qaeda in 2001.
Still, 62 Democrats are enough to make up slightly over one-fourth of the new congressional majority, and it's mildly unsettling to consider that such a significant faction would agree with nonsense such as this:
McGovern told the audience Thursday that the Iraq and Vietnam wars were equally "foolish " and that the current threat of terrorism developed because--not before--the United States went into Iraq.
McGovern must have a really short memory. For his information, here's a timeline:
Dec. 29, 1992: Al Qaeda bombs a hotel in Aden, Yemen, and attempts to bomb a second one, unsuccessfully targeting U.S. Marines staying there.
Feb. 26, 1993: Al Qaeda bombs World Trade Center, killing six adults and an unborn child.
Feb. 22, 1998: Osama bin Laden issues a fatwa declaring war on the U.S.
Aug. 7, 1998: Al Qaeda bombs U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing more than 220.
Oct. 12, 2000: Al Qaeda attacks USS Cole in Aden, killing 17 sailors.
Sept. 11, 2001: Al Qaeda attacks World Trade Center and Pentagon with hijacked planes, killing some 3,000 people, mostly civilians.
December 2002: George McGovern, in an essay for Harper's, blames America for terrorism.
March 20, 2003: Operation Iraqi Freedom begins.
So not only does the terrorist threat long predate the liberation of Iraq, but so does McGovern's claim that America is to blame for it. Hard to believe the people of Massachusetts actually voted for this guy.
posted by Gene Felder at 5:22 PM
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