First, an item of interest that I found yesterday at one of my favorite watering holes, Miss Beth's Victory Dance. It's been making the rounds on the conservative blogs but it bears repeating for a couple of reasons.
The most important reason is that I don't think most people on the left understand that border security and national security are linked. If we get upset about lax immigration enforcement we're labeled xenophobic loons who want to damn the poor people of Mexico to eternal struggle. Like the chance that Rosie O'Donnell will say something stupid again, the likelihood that terrorists will cross our southern border is fairly great. All I'm saying is this: if we can demand panic because the computers say that we might have some problems with climate in the future maybe we can be just a little concerned about the threat of avowed enemies availing themselves of our easy access policy.
I also bring the story up because I believe that people who don't live in California, Arizona, New Mexico or Texas can't appreciate the problem unless we talk about it ad nauseam. When you're sipping tea in Connecticut and your greatest border fear is that a New Yorker who makes less than $200 thousand a year will sneak across and try to stay at one of your B&B's all of the talk seems silly.
Let us move on to the main point today. The two-headed dictator pig, Mahugo Ahmadinechavez, got together in Tehran for some good ol' hatin' on the U.S.A.
As you wade through the tons of verbal fertilizer being spread by the Democratic presidential hopefuls you will, no doubt, hear a lot of talk about, well, talking. According to the left, America's problems have nothing to do with a violent group of fanatics who have sworn to kill us and everything to do with that fact that we don't reach out enough.
Lefty Assumption Disclaimer: I'm not at all against diplomacy. I just think it works better when both parties are interested in it and I'm not getting that vibe from Mahmoud and Hugo.
"Here are two brother countries, united like a single fist," said the cuddly Venezuelan dictator. That was followed up with "God willing, with the fall of the dollar, the deviant U.S. imperialism will fall as soon as possible too," and "The U.S. empire is coming down..."
Admittedly, I got confused and thought I was reading the new Markos Moulitsas Newsweek column.
"We have common viewpoints and we will stand by each other until we capture the high peaks. God is with us and victory is awaiting us," was Ahmadinejad's diplomatic offering.
Doesn't everything about them just scream "Let's grab a latte and chat..."?
What gets lost in all the pathological equivocating on the left is the ability to admit that our enemies may have come to be so of their own volition. The lefties see conspiracies and evil everywhere they look on the American right but want to believe unhinged loons like Ahmadinejad and Chavez are basically good at heart. It's the "Aw, somebody needs a hug..." approach to international relations.
Settle down, liberals, I'm not advocating war. All I am saying is that it's time to stop deluding ourselves that world leaders who say things like, "The U.S. empire is coming down..." are ready to think outside the box and play nice. If you think all of this is going to change just by putting a Democrat in the White House then all I can do is say, "Have at it," and wish you good luck with that visit from the Great Pumpkin next Halloween.
I'd like to conclude by proposing that negotiations with Chavez and Ahmadinejad proceed only if King Juan Carlos is hosting them.
Cross posted at Real Clear Politics (vote for it!)
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