We live in a society where the quickest way to become beloved, or if you are a republican, less reviled, is to apologize. Whether it be Marv Albert, Dick Morris, Mike Tyson, or any number of people who have been embroiled in celebrity scandals, apologies are a gold mine towards rehabilitation. You do not even have to be sincere. You just have to look sincere. In some cases you can even offer a “statement of regret,” which is a way of apologizing without saying “I’m sorry.” Bill Clinton excelled at this.
The problem comes in when people are pressured to apologize for things that they have nothing to apologize for. The main source of this nonsense is Iraq and the issue of WMD.
Liberals claim the war is going badly and shows no hope of improving. What do conservative jellyfish do? They agree that horrible mistakes have been made, but that there is still hope. How about conservatives and republicans develop a spine and bang fists on the table and explain that the war is going very well, is an overwhelming success, and things are getting better by the day. Saddam is gone. That is one of the most significant events of this century.
However, the biggest act of republican and conservative cowardice is on the issue of WMD. First of all, the President never said Saddam had them (although of course he did). The word used in the State of the Union was “sought,” not “bought.” Saddam did seek them. He probably bought them as well, but that is irrelevant since it was not claimed. Even so, the liberals claim that WMD was a lie, and conservatives claim it was an honest mistake. No, it wasn’t.
I will provide a steel spine for my fellow republican jellyfish. Saddam did have WMD. He most likely stored them in Syria, which we would find out if we could ever turn that nation into the 50,000 hole golf course it was meant to be. I will say it again…Saddam…DID…HAVE…WMD. Those who claim he did not ever have them ignore the fact that in the first Gulf War, he actually used them. We have not found them because he did a great job of hiding them. Maybe had we been allowed to torture him before his death, we could have gotte him to tell us where they are. In the slightest chance Saddam actually obeyed a single UN resolution (doubtful) and actually destroyed them, then he lied about having them, and he deserved what he got. If I threaten to kill you, I should not blame you when you kill me first, only to find out I was bluffing. That is why toy guns now have an orange tip on them.
The Iraq war was honest, decent, moral, and right, and has so far been an overwhelming success. Saddam did have WMD. George W. Bush is trying to make the world a better place from people like Hussein, the worst man since Hitler. Liberals are busy trying to compare Bush to Hitler. Republicans should stop apologizing, and start banging the table with certainty. I am a proud Neocon, which should be redundant.
Republicans and Conservatives have only one thing to apologize for…their cowardly nature that forces them to apologize when they are 100% right in what they are doing. George W. Bush was reelected, and withouthaving to apologize. Boldness works. Timidity gets people crushed. People respect those who respect themselves.
I will vote for the candidate in the republican primary that has the steeliest Presidential spine and says what I feel. I apologize for nothing about the Iraq War. It was…and is…right.
eric