He can take Saddam, I'll take Bush

In response to Samuel Hazo of December 18, 2004.

Larry Diamond, a long time supporter of human rights, had this to say in the current Foreign Affairs issue:

"Let Smith and other critics visit Iraq and talk to Iraqis who are organizing for democracy, development, and human rights. Let them talk to the families that lived under constant, humiliating, Baathist rule. Let them see some of the roughly 300 mass graves of opponents of the regime who were brutally slaughtered in the hundreds of thousands. Then they will find out who the devil really was."

War Mongers? If that be the truth make the most of it. The effort in Iraq is a moral choice Americans can be very proud of. The proper question isn't "Why did we attack Iraq?", in purely moral terms the question is "What took us so long."

It is Mr. Hazo's opposition to the war in Iraq that is a moral monstrosity. Mr. Hazo, fighting evil isn't immoral. Colluding with it and protecting it is.
The Devil isn't the United States. The Devil was Saddam, the Islamofascists, and their enablers like Mr. Hazo. Mr. Hazo is pro-Saddam. There is no other honest way to interpret it.

He can stand with Saddam. I'll stand with Bush.