03.11.07
An “Impartial” Interrogation??? More like a predictable partisan slam!
So, old George McGovern decided to enlighten us with an “impartial” diatribe. Oh, joy.
Here’s a great excerpt from the father of neutrality:
Mr. President, Sir, when reporter Bob Woodward asked you if you had consulted with your father before ordering our army into Iraq you said, “No, he’s not the father you call on a decision like this. I talked to my heavenly Father above.” My question, Mr. President: If God asked you to bombard, invade and occupy Iraq for four years, why did he send an opposite message to the Pope? Did you not know that your father, George Bush, Sr., his Secretary of State James Baker and his National Security Advisor General Scowcroft were all opposed to your invasion? Wouldn’t you, our troops, the American people and the Iraqis all be much better off if you had listened to your more experienced elders including your earthly father? Instead of blaming God for the awful catastrophe you have unleashed in Iraq, wouldn’t it have been less self-righteous if you had fallen back on the oft-quoted explanation of wrongdoing, “The devil made me do it?”
Right. That was “impartial.” I especially enjoyed the part where he says Bush “blamed” God for his decisions. The notion that God may have given the Pope a different message is entirely plausible, but George McGovern is in no position to make a determination about the validity or sincerity of God’s message to any particular individual. Does George McGovern have the monopoly on determining the veracity of God’s message to Bush, the Pope, or anyone else?
Here’s another gem:
And Mr. President, how do you enjoy your leisure time, and how can you sleep at night knowing that 3,014 young Americans have died in a war you mistakenly ordered? What do you say to the 48,000 young Americans who have been crippled for life in mind or body? What is your reaction to the conclusion of the leading British medical journal (Lancet) that since you ordered the bombardment and occupation of Iraq four years ago, 600,000 Iraqi men, women and children have been killed? What do you think of the destruction of the Iraqi’s homes, their electrical and water systems, their public buildings?
Yawn.
