Newt's Got The Slogan Right, But The Sales Pitch Is All Wrong
Published by BG on Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 1:19 PM.Newt Gingrich: U.S. Fighting 'Phony War Since 9/11'
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich charges that the United States has been waging a weak and "phony war since 9/11" and continues to lose ground to radical Islam.
Wow, I can't believe I'm agreeing with Newt Gingrich! Oh wait...
In a speech to the annual conference of Christians United for Israel, Gingrich charged that instead of fighting to win, President Bush is now pursuing appeasement through a proposed Mideast peace conference.
Comparing that to the attempted appeasement of Nazi Germany at Munich before World War Two, Gingrich said, "We don't have a peace process. We have a surrender process."
Gingrich said the United States and Western civilization are in a global conflict with radical Islam, and must choose between victory and surrender.
So diplomacy is the great Neville Chamberlain sin, because we're going to turn Poland over to Ahmadinejad? And what about the "we have a surrender process" line? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Who, exactly, would we be "surrendering" to by ceasing to fight this "phony war?" I don't think we have a "surrender process," I think we have a "noodling around in difficult geopolitical territory without foresight process."
I'm lost here, but I think this is how you say, "Bomb Iran" without actually saying, "Bomb Iran."
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