nevertheless, if you compare the vote against withdrawal from iraq to the 2002 force authorization, our side gained 20: dems added 23 nays to their original 126, gops took back 3 of their 6. the other side lost 40 votes, the difference coming from abstentions and nonvoting.
i missed the end of the debate. around 10pm good ol' comcast lost c-span and comedy central till almost 11:30. i had to stay up to watch the replay of the daily show at 1:00am. i try to be forgiving, but it ain't easy.
the debate, seen as theatre, entertained but failed to elevate. gops trotted out every cliché and rationalization in their book, from "after 9/11" to "every intel agency in the world agreed" to "#1 front in the war on terror" to "cut and run."
sorry, charlie. you may win the vote, but you lose the moral, legal, and strategic cases:
• the only certainty in war is that the innocent will suffer; therefore, no matter the risk, invading a country without proof of necessity beyond reasonable doubt is both cowardly and criminal.say what you will about how dangerous it seemed 3½ years ago. we now know for sure your fears were groundless.
• terrorists don't try to make us run or hide or surrender; they want us to overreact! when we do, they win hearts and minds.
because we invaded, we bear blame for many times more deaths than al qaeda does, and iraq is now more of an on-the-job training ground for terrorists than afghanistan ever was.
you let fear drive you to sow wind, and now you'll reap the whirlwind you feared most.
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