Saturday, March 05, 2005
Jon Stewart Starting to Understand Bush's Plan in Middle East is Working
I concur. Jon Stewart should be commended. However, Mrs. Soderberg, author of the Superpower Myth, shows how deeply her partisanship runs.
When you find yourself routing for Iran and North Korea, you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.
As a microcosm of the Democrats' dilemma, the interview proved enlightening. One such moment came when Mrs. Soderberg said, "[A]s a Democrat, you don't want anything nice to happen to the Republicans, and you don't want them to have progress. But as an American, you hope good things would happen." To which Mr. Stewart replied, "Do you think that the people of Lebanon would have had the courage of their conviction, having not seen -- not only the invasion but the election which followed [in Iraq]? It's almost as though that the Iraqi election has emboldened this crazy -- something's going on over there. I'm smelling something."
Mr. Stewart should be applauded for his intellectual honesty, as well as his obvious pride in America's accomplishments.
I concur. Jon Stewart should be commended. However, Mrs. Soderberg, author of the Superpower Myth, shows how deeply her partisanship runs.
Mrs. Soderberg, however, couldn't be deterred from her rank partisanship. Here's one of her more odious comments: "Well, there's still Iran and North Korea, don't forget. There's still hope for the rest of us ... There's always hope that this might not work." Mr. Stewart is funny -- it's his job. Mrs. Soderberg is not, which is why there's no other way to parse this other than as a desire to see America defeated for political gain -- and perhaps book sales.
When you find yourself routing for Iran and North Korea, you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.
