Adventures in RightieWorld
Some rightie blogger actually titled a blog post, “Zarqawi Still Alive, The Left Celebrates.”
Curious, I kept readng to find out how “the Left” celebrated:
Not that killing the al Qaeda in Iraq leader–and the man personally responsible for beheading innocent civilians—would really end the Salaafist insurgency in Iraq. It wouldn’t. But it would be nice to know he was dead.
Vengeance: natures way of calming the nerves.
Of course over at dKos, when the erroneous news that Zarqawi dead broke, there were immediate signs of dismay. For the hardcore Left, any good news for our troops is bad news for them. They have pinned their political hopes on the defeat of our troops.
The “signs of dismay” link takes us not to dKos, but to another rightie blog post:
Ever willing to downplay any strides towards peace or a more stable Iraq, Armando at Daily Kos is downplaying the significance of Musab al-Zarqawi’s possible death after a protracted gunbattle today in Mosul.
“Downplaying the significance” links to Armando at dKos, who writes,
The death if Zarqawi would be a positive step in fighting terrorism and, one hopes, suppressing the violence in Iraq.
What it will not be however, is a solution for our troubles in Iraq, whose roots are political in nature. Zarqawi is not and has not been the source of our troubles in Iraq. It is the intractable political problems of the sectarian power struggle between Shia, Sunni and Kurd.
Let’s review.
A. Rightie #1 says the death of Zarqawi would be a good development in the struggle against terrorism, although Zarqawi’s death wouldn’t end the violence in Iraq.
B. Rightie #2 says the death of Zarqawi would be a good development in the struggle against terrorism, although Zarqawi’s death wouldn’t end the violence in Iraq.
C. Armando at dKos says the death of Zarqawi would be a good development in the struggle against terrorism, although Zarqawi’s death wouldn’t end the violence in Iraq.
In RightieWorld, statements A and B are righteous, while statement C is depraved and unpatriotic.
And here’s Rightie #3 who links to Rightie #1 and writes, “The Jawa Reports that the Left is rejoicing that Zarqawi may still be alive.” Remarkably, #3 offers no documentation of the “rejoicing” other than the link to #1.
Righties don’t dislike us because of our opinions. They dislike us because they are stuck in the Twilight Zone.
Righties #1 through #3 might be surprised to learn than we Lefties bitterly complained when the Bush Administration passed up at least three chances to kill Zarqawi before the Iraq War began. You can read about this here.
November 21st, 2005 at 1:02 pm
Is Zarqawi a millionaire? I’ve gotten the sense that there’s some sort of gentleman’s agreement among millionaires not to capture and kill each other.
I mean, the Bin Laden family claims no ties to Osama, but as they knew George the Elder at those Carlyle Group meetings, coud it be that they asked for and got Osama’s escape?
The most obvious flaw to this theory is Saddam’s capture, as he was a billionaire. But then he was the bogeyman, the guy who strayed too far from his puppet’s role, and that’s the exception to the gentleman’s agreement (as Noriega and others learned before Saddam did)… you can’t go rogue after puppethood.
November 21st, 2005 at 7:34 pm
Oh I think when they say “hardcore left” they just mean me. And anyone living in Canada obviously.
But everyone knows Zarqawi is just a propaganda construct of the US military.
November 22nd, 2005 at 7:17 am
Ha! You must be a member of the reality-based community. Stuff like “facts” and “actual quotes” mean nothing to patriotic bushworld denizens, who give much more credence to those voices in their head.
November 22nd, 2005 at 11:47 am
Heh. As an illustration of exactly how the Rightwing echo chambers works, this is perfect.