Hillary's Revealing Resentment
John Podhoretz rightly takes Hillary to task for her comment that she "really resent[s]" the fact that troops may be tied up in Iraq until 2009.
To set aside the frivolous stuff first, her choice of words is interesting, as Podhoretz points out. I'd add that -- if she were as brilliant as she's talked up to be -- she'd know that it's particularly dangerous for women to discuss policy in terms of emotions. What next: The dreaded "I feel" formulation ("I feel this is the right thing to do" or "I feel taxes should be raised")?
More generally, however, her attitude is revealing of the Democratic attitude toward the war on terror generally. We all may regret the fact that Al Qaeda is in Iraq, and that it will take a steady effort, combined with blood and treasure, to defeat it. But Democrats do, indeed, "resent" the necessities occasioned by the war on terror, as it gets in the way of national health care and a host of other liberal initiatives. It also forces the Democrats onto military ground, where they are most uncomfortable.
That's something the electorate should keep in mind as 2008 rolls around. Can people who "resent" the efforts both to stop the spread of Islamofascist terror and to plan seeds of democracy in the Middle East really be trusted to do the job?
To set aside the frivolous stuff first, her choice of words is interesting, as Podhoretz points out. I'd add that -- if she were as brilliant as she's talked up to be -- she'd know that it's particularly dangerous for women to discuss policy in terms of emotions. What next: The dreaded "I feel" formulation ("I feel this is the right thing to do" or "I feel taxes should be raised")?
More generally, however, her attitude is revealing of the Democratic attitude toward the war on terror generally. We all may regret the fact that Al Qaeda is in Iraq, and that it will take a steady effort, combined with blood and treasure, to defeat it. But Democrats do, indeed, "resent" the necessities occasioned by the war on terror, as it gets in the way of national health care and a host of other liberal initiatives. It also forces the Democrats onto military ground, where they are most uncomfortable.
That's something the electorate should keep in mind as 2008 rolls around. Can people who "resent" the efforts both to stop the spread of Islamofascist terror and to plan seeds of democracy in the Middle East really be trusted to do the job?
posted by LadybugUSA at 12:10 PM
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No. They can't.
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