Bait & Switch Redux

My apologies for my extended absence from these pages, sometimes life's cruel demands make time spent on anything but them a luxury that you can't afford. Rest assured, I didn't go far, and now I've returned with more wit and wisdom focused with laser precision at the liberal MSM (that's MainStream Media for those of you in Pleasant Hill) and their attempts at putting the fix on the upcoming election.

We return now to our most recent topic: the Bait & Switch tactic. The AP strikes again, on the same issue as last time. In this story, with the inflammatory title 'Bush, Cheney Concede Saddam Had No WMDs', one would expect to find a contrite president and VP, copping to every accusation the Kerry campaign and the MSM have thrown their way regarding Iraq's WMD's and the reason for war.

Unfortunately for the AP, even their own story couldn't drum up much enthusiasm for that concept. This story involves Charles Duelfer's final report, referenced in my previous Bait & Switch story in it's initial form. As expected, Duelfer's report confirmed that Saddam had no stockpiles of WMD's and hadn't created any since 1991. However, the report also makes the case very clear that Saddam was only holding off in order to get the sanctions dropped Then, he was planning on immediately building them again and attempting to attain nuclear power to rival Iran. Much of this was admitted by the former dictator himself in post-capture interviews and interrogations.

Now, out here in the real world where people use logic and have the ability to see past their nose, this would be stunning news. This is a very, very sound endorsement for the war. As it turns out, we're lucky Saddam was foolish enough to continue stonewalling the U.N. If he'd have played along, the sanctions would have went away and we'd have been forced to leave him alone. Left alone, he made it clear he was making a beeline towards WMD production, including nukes. Even if we had managed to detect this via intelligence, the whole U.N. process would have begun again. Remember, it took THIRTEEN YEARS the first time around to finally call Saddam's bluff and give him the ultimate inspection, the military version of a proctology exam. If we hadn't, we'd be facing a world with a Saddam Hussein still in control of Iraq, pursuing WMD's with everything he has, encouraged by the knowledge that he's the only ruler in the world who stood up to the U.S. and walked away. I'd say that is a scenario that is completely unacceptible.

Of course, this isn't good enough for the MSM, the Dems, or the anti-war crowd. The fact that this report confirms the reason to go to war (to prohibit Saddam from using/attaining WMD's or getting them to terrorists) is completely ignored by the MSM and the increasingly-desperate Kerry campaign. It's clear, as it has been from the beginning, that NO reason is good enough for this crowd.

If the war was a complete and total success with no setbacks and not a single casualty, they'd still be criticizing the Bush admin. They were early on, when easy victory appeared to be the case. In that period, they complained about the cost, about how it would damage the U.S. in the view of the world, how it hurt relations between the U.S. and impotent Europe. They simply can't sit back and say 'job well done' because that means another four years of Bush, guaranteed.

Now that we see the cost of the battle, that this won't be a cakewalk to election day here or in Iraq, they are trying to say that the effort is doomed, specifically because we shouldn't have done it in the first place. That even fighting the war was a mistake, and this is the natural result. If they admitted that the war was a necessity, what basis of criticism would they have? You can see how well Kerry is faring when trying to make that claim, he's coming off as a complete chowderhead, with no apparent semblence between his statements on the matter yesterday and today. If all of the critics of the war took the same stance, without the spin doctors of the DNC to back them up, they'd be laughed out of the room. They MUST criticize the war as a whole, as a concept...and since that doesn't really make sense anymore, they're just using the Bait & Switch to try and fool Ma & Pa Kettle in flyover country that this isn't the evidence of WMD's they're looking for...move along...

Well, we aren't weak minded enough to fall for that Jedi mind trick out here in the Blogosphere. As long as the Internet remains free, we'll remain here, steadfast and ready to unleash the full fury of the truth upon all those who stand to oppose it. Besides, what else are we going to write on here...'Alias' episode guides?

Who Is On Your Side - Addendum

This is a great compendium of stories detailing the liberal, free speech oriented, political discourse loving left and their increased terror tactics on any who disagree with them.

The question still stands, liberals: who is on your side?