He struck just the right tone for a Democrat yesterday:
“We have to prevail,” Mr. Gephardt told reporters. “We have to bring democracy to Iraq. We cannot fail. If you think Afghanistan was a terrorist training camp, you wait. If you leave Iraq, it will be a terrorist training camp the likes of which would make Afghanistan look simple. In our own deep self-interest, to prevent future acts of terrorism, we have to succeed.”
He, too, proceeded to criticize Mr. Bush. “We need a president who can get the world to work together with us to solve this problem,” Mr. Gephardt said.
Criticize the president but don’t junk the terror-war. This campaign may come down to Dean versus Gephardt.
THE WEEKLY FISK: Time to take on Andy Rooney.
THE HALLIBURTON CON: Just because the left wants to believe that Iraq is for sale to campaign contributors doesn’t mean it’s true. Dan Drezner investigates.
SONTAG AWARD NOMINEE: “Few can deny that Iraq under US occupation is in a much worse state than it was under Saddam Hussein.” – Tariq Ali, the Guardian. Tariq Ali now puts his full weight behind the murderers and terrorists in Iraq. So has ANSWER. How long before the rest of the anti-war left follows suit?
The Dish 