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Posted by hillbilly on August 6th, 2007 in Politics General, War in Iraq

I have to admit I’ve been rather furious for a few weeks now. More so than usual and it seems to be a constant state lately. Usually fury subsides after a short amount of time but before I can become unfurious, our government does something else equally stupid, equally dangerous, or equally treasonous to that which put me in that state in the first place, such as the recent vote on the SChip bill in the House of Representatives.

I often wonder how liberals would handle such fury if they should gain full control over the government and begin to institute policies according to their socialist agenda. The following article gives us a good idea of how they’d handle it.

Bush-haters endure tough week

By Larry Elder

I did it again — opened my mouth.

I drove behind a car carrying two guys. Their bumper sticker read, “War Is Not the Answer.” I knew better, but I pulled up next to them at a red light, rolled down my window, and said, “OK. If war is not the answer, what is?”

“Peace!” the driver angrily responded.

“Just curious,” I said, “do you think people in Tehran drive around with bumper stickers like that?”

“So you support the war?!” his passenger shouted.

Gee, I thought, what a sudden change of topics. All I wanted to know, if war is not the answer, then what is?

“Which war?” I said. “Iraq? Afghanistan? World War II? The Civil War? Can you be a little more specific?”

The passenger turned purple. “The war in Iraq! And where are the weapons of mass destruction?”

“Look,” I said, “I’ve got some bumper stickers in my trunk that say, ‘Beheading Is Not the Answer.’ Would you guys like a couple?”

“F—- off!” they said in unison. Their car roared off.

Ah, yet another example of the “return to civility” after the Democrats’ recapture of Congress. But my “antagonist’s” question about the weapons of mass destruction raises an interesting point. Suppose we actually located stockpiles of WMD, whether in Iraq or discovering Saddam shipped them out — possibly to Syria — before, during and after the invasion. Would the Bush anti-war critics support the Iraq war? Who knows? But a friend told me something that provides a clue.

Recall that for a brief period of time, our military did, in fact, locate WMD. The story almost immediately became discounted, as the “WMD” turned out to be old and worn, unlikely to pose any threat. My friend, an actor, told me that he and several other actors were on a set working together. One said, “F—-, they found the WMD!” Not, “Hey, I might have to reconsider my opposition to the war because our military found WMD.” Or, “I feel relieved about the war, the president was right.” Or, “The discovery of the WMD shows that we did, indeed, face the possibility of Saddam handing off the WMD to a terrorist or even using the stuff himself on America or American interests.” But, no. The near-unanimous reaction — my friend kept his mouth shut — was, “That bleeping Bush was right.”

Read the Full Article Here.

Nominally, the article is about Bush, his successes, and how the liberals responded to those successes. However, I tend to think there are huge problems on the left when they counter questions with verbal assault rather than answers. If they can’t rise to the challenge of such questions with ridiculing or otherwise verbally assaulting the questioner, what makes us think they will be able to guide this country in any fruitful way?

We have become an extremely polarized and furious nation.

Mr. Elder asked a question, “If war is not the answer, what is?”

According to those sporting the bumper sticker, the answer is, “F___ off.”

Okay, now, let’s go tell it to all those jihadists in the Middle East.