Hindsight On Autopilot

Another tidbit in the “bipartisan" {snicker} 9/11 commission’s report is that al Qaeda had not just an ongoing relationship with Iran, but that the Iranians rendered specific assistance in the 9/11 attacks. And now, if you can believe this, the partisan media is starting to actually make the case that this proves we should have - {shaking head and rolling eyes uncontrollably} - pre-emptively invaded Iran instead of Iraq.

Well, okay, they’re saying we should have "focused" on Iran instead of Iraq. Which is, for all practical purposes, six of one and half-dozen of the other. The same thing can be said of the left with regard to Operation Enduring Freedom (the invasion of Afghanistan), which they all opposed and claimed would be a “failure” and a “fiasco” and a “quagmire.” The same thing would be said BY the left if President Bush began specifically making the case for regime change in Tehran. Indeed, if we had focused on Iran first, they’d have slammed him for that and for ignoring all the “evidence” of the need to do something about Saddam Hussein first.

The one constant in the Democrat universe is mindless criticism of George W. Bush. Small wonder that even as calm and respected a commentator as Michael Barone concluded you can’t take these people seriously.