It seems to me that many conservative blogs are starting to follow the administration's lead. They seem to have abandoned discussing how to move forward in Iraq and are now focused on the historical narrative to vindicate themselves of responsibility for the Iraq catastrophe. As I glance over blogs like Little Green Footballs and Michelle Malkin, 95% of what I see now-a-days is focused on blaming the disaster on liberal doubters. I don't see anymore mentions of new strategy ideas or good news or positive statistics about reconstruction in Iraq. It's all the left's fault, all the time on these blogs.
While this may be a convenient narrative in their own minds, I would remind them that that failed in the aftermath of Vietnam. The vast majority of the country does not blame Vietnam on anti-war protestors, they blame it on the PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLY IN CHARGE back then - Nixon, LBJ, Kissinger, etc. A better approach would be to engage or accept some of the liberal critiques that have proved true, as many formerly pro-war pundits and politicians have already done, and start figuring out how to get us out of this mess in the best way possible. But you probably won't see that anytime soon from LGF or Malkin. It's more important to them now to bash liberals than find a way forward in Iraq.
Monday, August 27, 2007
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