Andrew Sullivan puts it all together in this column. Here's the best line,
You cannot reason someone out of an idea he was never reasoned into.
He speaks, of course, of all those that need to find something wrong in the man. He is not the only one. Here is Glenn Reynolds on the anti-Bushies. And here is Mark Steyn. And finally, here is the relavent passage from Nealz Nuze today,
Can you imagine what the situation would be like today if the entire western world had united behind the United States in ridding the world of Saddam Hussein? What if the UN Security Council had unanimously approved military action against Hussein? What if the Germans, Russians and French had sent tens of thousands of combat troops to Iraq to bring a swift end to this conflict? What if the United States and Great Britain didn't appear to stand alone? If these Islamic terrorists knew that they faced a western world united in its determination to crush them; if they knew that they would not be successful in isolating the United States, I imagine things would be a great deal different today. The governments of Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Malaysia and other supporters of terrorism would know that the odds against them are formidable, and that they can find no cover or refuge in world opinion. These countries would know it to be in their best interests to discourage if they can, or destroy if they must the terrorist elements inside their borders. Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian goons would know that their survival depends on settling their differences with Israel and an end to their violence. I guess what I'm trying to say here is that if the goal was truly peace the surest way to accomplish that would have been for the western world to act together against Saddam after he ignored 12 years of United Nations resolutions. The true threat to world peace is people who refused to fight when the cause was just; who refused to stand behind the United States in sending a message to the Islamic world that their support of terrorism will bring swift and certain retribution.
Indeed. That is all.
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