I’ve been trying to figure out why Europeans organize protests against President Bush and none against murderous dictators like Saddam Hussien. Retired army officer Ralph Peters offers a great analysis:
Bush is worse than Saddam, you see, because he refused to look the other way. His resolve is an embarrassment.American wars of liberation humiliate the complainers on the left. We’ve seized their professed ideals and made them a reality. We fought for freedom, while they only chattered. Their protests are the result of wounded egos.
During the Cold War, America was mocked for its ill-judged support of dictators because they were “our dictators.” Now our government has left the distortions of the past behind and returned to America’s traditional role of championing freedom. And look how the tables have turned.
Peters argues that it would have been much harder for the left to oppose the war in Iraq had the U.S. stressed the “human rights” rationale for war rather than the hunt for WMD. Great read.
