Sully and Hitch say that by calling Iraq "Iraq" instead of, um, I'm not sure what, peace protesters "are de facto parties to his [Saddam's] vile propaganda." Because, Iraq is not really Iraq you see. Or, at least, we won't really be at war with Iraq -- just Hussein.
Here he praises Safire for doing it.
SAFIRE GETS IT: "The world must not allow Iraq to gain the level of destructive power that appeasement and misplaced trust permitted North Korea to achieve." Amen. I'd forgotten the damning Jimmy Carter quote of the time, likening his "breakthrough" with the murderers in Pyongyang as a "miracle." Here's what I want to know: why hasn't anyone in the press asked Carter and Clinton what they now think of their legacy in North Korea? Why are these people never ever called to account?
So, if peace protesters equate Iraq with Saddam on signs they are de facto parties to his vile propaganda. If William Safire does it, he gets it.
Orwellian indeed Andy.
I wonder when he is going to berate the networks for their various programs including "Showdown Iraq," "Countdown Iraq," "Target Iraq," etc...
UPDATE: Almost forgot poor Hitch. Check out his recent column, lovingly titled "We Must Fight Iraq."
UPDATE 2: Andy X finds the evil anti-war left has been drafting our war resolution, too, which begins "To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq."
