October 30, 2003
Goldberg on Rebuilding Iraq
Jonah Goldberg has his usual pithy summary of leading Democrats' position on the rebuilding funds for Iraq. I love this bit:
Of course, the administration does have a plan. And central to that plan is, well, spending money to rebuild Iraq. The Democrats make it sound like all the U.S. Army is doing in Iraq is having one giant-sized Chinese fire drill every day. One can just imagine John Kerry going to the local garage:Posted by at October 30, 2003 09:30 AMKerry: I won't pay you to fix my car until you have a plan.
Mechanic: Um, I do have a plan: You pay me. I replace the engine I just took out. Your car works. That's the plan.
Kerry:How can you say you have a plan? Look at the terrible shape my car is in. It's worse than before; there isn't even an engine.
Mechanic: You're an idiot.
The problem comes when you don't believe anymore that the mechanic knows what an engine looks like (based on his performance to date) let alone how to replace it
Posted by: Stu Kirk on October 30, 2003 05:12 PMActually, Stu, whatever you think isn't a plan is working pretty well. By taking a stand for a free and democratic Iraq, we have created a challenge to the Wahhabi vision for the Arab world. We have in effect defined a field of battle that the radical Islamists must contest.
Kerry and company aren't putting forth any serious policy alternatives, and the constant bleating isn't telling us what they would actually do if elected President.
So I agree with the mechanic.
Posted by: Dave Sheridan on October 31, 2003 04:33 AM