Occupiers or Liberators?

A special report from Al Jazeera:

US and British occupation of Iraq is regarded as the re-emergence of the old colonialist practices of the western empires in some quarters. The real ambitions underlying the brutal onslaught are still highly questionable - and then there are the blatant lies over weapons of mass destruction originally used to justify the war. There were no great victory marches by the occupiers, nor were they thrown garlands of flowers and greeted in triumph. More US soldiers have died in Iraq since George Bush declared an end to the war on 1 May 2003 prompting the question: Will Iraq turn into a new Vietnam eventually bringing the US to its senses ... or perhaps to its knees?

Iraq's history, and along with it that of the Arab Muslim world, speaks of several similar encounters. In the past, enemies attacked from East and West before they were swallowed by the moving sands of the region, or forced to retreat, leaving behind a phoenix-like people who adore life and still accept to die for their freedom.

The escalating Iraqi resistance seems to be setting the stage for another act which might usher in a new Arab World or set the clock ticking for the end of yet another empire.

I find it striking that Al Jazeera, the far left Dems, assorted RINOs, and many (most) in the MSM are on the same page.

Way back in December, 2003, John Kerry agreed with Al Jazeera's assertion that things in Iraq aren't going well. He told Rolling Stone, "Did I expect George Bush to f*** it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did."

Ted Kennedy said in April, 2004, "Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam."

Chuck Hagel announced in June 2005, "The reality is that we're losing in Iraq. Things aren't getting better; they're getting worse...The White House is completely disconnected from reality. It's like they're just making it up as they go along."

Later that month, Hagel told more than 200 Nebraska American Legion members that Iraq could be WORSE than Vietnam because a failed effort in Iraq would result in many more American deaths, a disruption of U.S. oil supplies, damage to the Middle East peace effort, the spread of terrorism, and harm to America's stature worldwide.

Hagel said, "To see what these guys in Iraq are having to go through and knowing what I know here: that we didn't prepare for it, we didn't understand what we were getting into. And to put those guys in those positions, it makes me so angry."

The MSM have been drawing parallels between Iraq and Vietnam since the war began. Only one week into the war, the New York Times and The Washington Post compared Iraqi fighters to the resilient, fiesty North Vietnamese.

Al Jazeera asks, "Will Iraq turn into a new Vietnam eventually bringing the US to its senses ... or perhaps to its knees?"

Liberals are asking the same question.

They decided long ago that Iraq is a quagmire. While they may not agree with Al Jazeera's rhetoric about the rise of a new Arab World, they certainly buy into the part about America being doomed to fail in Iraq.

According to the libs and their like-minded counterparts at Al Jazeera, U.S. armed forces in Iraq are not there as liberators, but as occupiers; and the occupation is destined to be a disaster.

It's troubling to me that Americans echo the propaganda spewed out by an organization as biased and anti-American as Al Jazeera.

Something is terribly wrong with that picture.

I encourage everyone to send a message of support to the troops.