AFS Cinema
McDonald Is Back: Intellectual Dishonesty, Shame, and Stupidity
RECEIVED Sun., Jan. 28, 2007
Dear Editor,
The depths of intellectual dishonesty and moral opaqueness exhibited by those on the neo-left are beyond measure. Louis Black proves it once again in his Jan. 26 “Page Two” screed. However, even he reaches a new low by lending credibility to the insane notion that the defeat of Saddam Hussein and his Iraqi tyranny was disconnected from the war crimes perpetrated by his al Qaeda allies on 9/11. While Hussein did not participate directly in the mass murder, it is well documented that he was actively involved in training, sheltering, and collaborating with the Islamist fascists responsible for the death and destruction of that terrible day.
But there is more. Mr. Black descends further by suggesting that because of the U.S. military action in Iraq, the Islamo-fascist enemy has been emboldened and achieved new highs with their so-called “Islamic freedom fighters” propaganda. Such a proposition puts Mr. Black in a league of pure shame and outright stupidity.
One might as well have said in 1942 that we can’t fight those Nazis because they will just fight us harder and therefore might win. Of course that would have been insane. But that, in effect, is exactly what Mr. Black’s neo-leftist capitulation signals. As for the rest of us, we must maintain our war footing in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the entire Middle East to eventually defeat all who advocate Islamist fascism and strive to enslave the world in Sharia tyranny.
The depths of intellectual dishonesty and moral opaqueness exhibited by those on the neo-left are beyond measure. Louis Black proves it once again in his Jan. 26 “Page Two” screed. However, even he reaches a new low by lending credibility to the insane notion that the defeat of Saddam Hussein and his Iraqi tyranny was disconnected from the war crimes perpetrated by his al Qaeda allies on 9/11. While Hussein did not participate directly in the mass murder, it is well documented that he was actively involved in training, sheltering, and collaborating with the Islamist fascists responsible for the death and destruction of that terrible day.
But there is more. Mr. Black descends further by suggesting that because of the U.S. military action in Iraq, the Islamo-fascist enemy has been emboldened and achieved new highs with their so-called “Islamic freedom fighters” propaganda. Such a proposition puts Mr. Black in a league of pure shame and outright stupidity.
One might as well have said in 1942 that we can’t fight those Nazis because they will just fight us harder and therefore might win. Of course that would have been insane. But that, in effect, is exactly what Mr. Black’s neo-leftist capitulation signals. As for the rest of us, we must maintain our war footing in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the entire Middle East to eventually defeat all who advocate Islamist fascism and strive to enslave the world in Sharia tyranny.
Vance McDonald
[Louis Black responds: Out of respect for history and any appreciation of complexity, wouldn't it be great if we could completely forego the phoney and hysterically dishonest Iraq to Nazi Germany comparisons?]
