According to the latest USA today Gallup Poll blacks support Barack Obama unanimously while whites are nearly split.

Whites support McCain by 6 points while blacks almost unanimously back Obama, who is the first African-American to claim a major party’s presidential nomination. Of 130 blacks surveyed, 129 support the Illinois senator.

Yesterday we reported that Barack Obama was using a race baiting scare tactic to fan the flames of racial unrest in quest of votes. With reference to Republicans Barack Obama said the following at a Florida fundraiser:

“They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?”

Why shouldn’t voters be afraid of someone that can lie so easily to the American public? Let’s look at the facts and try and come up with an answer.

On Barack Obama’s Funny Middle Name

I have been turned off by those that use Hussein as an identifier for Barack Obama. I get it, he has a Muslim heritage, we are at war with radical Islam and Barack Obama has gone to great lengths to ride the fine line of obscuring these facts. But using his middle name to point out that fact is a distraction to the people that we are trying to win over the most. I even roll my eyes when I see it.

But if Barack Obama is going to make an issue of his middle name then we should be discussing it in some fashion.

For instance, when Barack Obama says that Republicans are going to make an issue of his “funny middle name” that is code to goad us into doing just that. He needs this to happen in an effort to win back the support of Muslims that were lost after his campaign removed Muslim women with head scarves from the line of site of cameras pointed in his direction.

So rather than highlight the fact that Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein voters opposed to his policies should simply note that the Obama campaign is the one distancing themselves from Muslims to the point of discrimination.

On Barack Obama’s Skin Color and Racism

Barack Obama has the luxury of acting like he’s black nearly all of the time while using the specter of his white grandmother as a reminder that he is white to those whites that Barack Obama has essentially spit on for his whole political career. He’s white when he needs to be and black nearly all of the time. This itself is so utterly racist and insulting I don’t know where to begin.

It wasn’t white Republican’s that attacked Barack Obama on his skin color, it was Democrats in support of Hillary Clinton. In typical Democrat fashion however Barack Obama is projecting the racism of white Democrats on the Republican party and all other supporters of John McCain.

But when we look at the latest Gallup poll cited above we can see that the unanimous support of Barack Obama by the blacks is an indication that the main thing relevant to today’s black voter is skin color. Yet Barack Obama has the support of a very large number of white people.

Compound these facts with the more alarming fact of Barack Obama’s racist church and ex-pastor and it is plain as day. Barack Obama sat there for decades while “the white man” was excoriated from the pulpit of his church. Barack Obama brought his family to the mix, broke bread with his very own racist pastor and happily introduced his children to the flock of Reverend Jeremiah Wright. This is no different than the old days of racism except those days for Barack Obama weren’t so old and the subject of racial discrimination was white.

If I was going to look at this objectively and see who is in fact acting in a racist fashion I would come to a few conclusions; none of which support Barack Obama’s rhetoric.

1. Barack Obama was willing to sit in a church and be party to anti-Semitic, anti-American and anti-White discrimination. Before he launches any charges of racism he needs to look himself in the mirror.
2. Democrats for Clinton attacked Obama on the basis of racist scare tactics, not Republicans. They did it for votes much like Barack Obama is doing now.
3. The polls indicate that it is black voters and not white ones that are acting based on race. The fact that Barack Obama can sit up there in front of the world and imply that Republicans are racist is an insult to all whites and others who support him despite his color. The same can not be said for the African American community that is trending toward Obama on the race issue alone.

With respect to the unanimous support of Barack Obama among black voters I get it. They are identifying with the chance that Barack Obama may be the first person of African American heritage to be elected as the President of the United States. But this is a crock. There was no such glorification of others who have been elected or appointed to prominent positions. Clarence Thomas, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell to name the most prominent ones that come to mind. Nearly all were criticized vilified because of their ideology or who appointed them. Theirs was not a triumph against past racism, theirs was a considered a capitulation.

The hapless Republican party should be embarrassed if they let Barack Obama pigeon hole them into the mold of racism that Barack Obama himself is steeped in by association. This is about policy, character, experience and leadership; all qualities that Barack Obama has a deficit in. If they can’t capitalize on that then we may as well pack it in today.

Terry Trippany is the editor at Webloggin where he concentrates on politics, culture and technology.

Still thinking about sitting out the election? Think again. All of the dire predictions about the true intentions of Democrats can be found on Internet copies of your election ballots. I urge all of you to look them up and see the way the leftist throwbacks from the early 70’s have taken over the wording of many of your local ballots.

Here is an example of what to expect from the Illinois Champaign County Clerk’s Office.

• Advisory Referendum To Withdraw The Troops From Iraq

“Shall the voters of Cunningham Township call upon the United States government to commence an orderly and rapid withdraw of all U.S. military personnel including bases from Iraq while providing financial support for Iraqi security and reconstruction?”

• Advisory Referendum To Impeach George W. Bush And Vice-President Richard Cheney

“Shall the voters of Cunningham Township ask our representative to the U. S. House of Representatives to support articles of impeachment to remove George W. Bush and Richard Cheney from office for misleading our nation to war with Iraq, for permitting the illegal use of torture, and for conducting domestic spying on U. S. citizens in violation of the 4th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act?”

• Have The Governor Of The State Of Illinois To Resist Any Mobilization Of Illinois National Guard Units For Service In Iraq

“Shall the Governor of the State of Illinois, to the extent of his authority, resist any further federal mobilization of Illinois National Guard Units for service in Iraq, on grounds that the ongoing Iraq war/occupation is illegal, immoral and harmful to the well being of the people of this state?”

• Proposition That The United States Withdraw Military Personnel And Bases From Iraq

In order to halt the continuing loss of human life and resources necessary to meet human needs at home, shall the United States commence a humane, orderly, rapid and comprehensive withdrawal of United States military personnel and bases from Iraq?

• Proposition To Request The House Of Representatives To Impeach George W. Bush

Shall our representative to the U.S. House of Representatives be asked to support the impeachment of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney from office for misleading our nation to war with Iraq, for permitting the illegal use of torture, and for conducting domestic spying on U.S. citizens in violation of the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act?

Yes, know I am describing Illinois hell. But don’t be fooled. This spells out commonly held liberal Democrat intentions and motives in black and white.

Think this is limited? Well you would be wrong. Get a look at how the Cook County gun grabbers worded their ban on the sales and manufacture of assault weapons:

“For the health and safety of children and the entire community, shall the State of Illinois enact a comprehensive ban on the manufacture, sale, delivery and possession of military-style assault weapons and .50 caliber rifles?”

The wording is what I take exception to. Regardless of how you feel about the issue this type of wording should be prohibited.

Substitute the following and imagine the outcry. “For the health and safety of children and the entire community, shall the State of Illinois enact a comprehensive ban on same sex marriage?”. 

Yet the people who worded the Illinois gun grabber referendum get away with this kind of elusive wording without any complaint.

But this is what liberals do when they get their hands on power. Do you really want them in charge?

But wait, there’s more:

• Oak Park Township Referendum Advisory Referenda - Pull out of Iraq -

“Shall the United States Government immediately begin an orderly and rapid withdrawal of all military personnel from Iraq, beginning with the National Guard and Reserves?”

• Berwyn Township Referendum Advisory Referenda - Pull out of Iraq -

“In order to halt the continuing loss of human life and resources necessary to meet human needs at home, shall the United States Government immediately begin an orderly and rapid withdrawal of all military personnel from Iraq, beginning with the National Guard and Reserves?”

• Countywide Referendum Countywide Advisory Referendum 3

“Shall the United States Government immediately begin an orderly and rapid withdrawal of all its military personnel from Iraq, beginning with the National Guard and Reserves?”

• Riverside Township Referendum Advisory Ref - Pull Out of Iraq -

“Shall the United States Government immediately begin an orderly and rapid withdrawal of all its military personnel from Iraq, beginning with the National Guard and Reserves?”

Think about this before you decide to sit out the election. These people are for real. They have been lying lower than you might realize. The true base of the Democrat Party is the Daily Kos type that writes these carefully worded referendums.

Vote today and keep the bums from taking over your government.

crossposted at Webloggin

Update and Moved to top: It turns out that the original inscriptions were just the tip of the iceberg on the Arizona 9/11 memorial. You had to know that this was coming.

Hot Air has an update on the story and more pictures. It appears that Drudge picked it up after some new unknown inscriptions were found. The latest is “You don’t win battles of terrorism with more battles”. Hot Air also picked up “Feeling of invincibility lost” right above “Office of Homeland Security created”.

Flopping aces has an update with the following gems: “Must bomb back”, “Middle East Violence Motivates Attacks in US” followed by “Erroneous US Air Strike Kills 46 Uruzgan Civilians”. But that’s not even all. We can’t forget about “Fear of Foreigners”. Are they sure this is a 9/11 memorial? Really?

Mary Katherine Ham adds some perspective with some notes on the inscriptions and some interviews with the designers. In particular she notes the political donations by the commissioners to Democrats.

Arizona is a state represented by two Republican senators. There’s not one politically active, solid Republican on the commission, but there are at least five politically active Dems. I realize the commission was appointed by a Democratic governor, but come on, there have got to be some well-liked Republicans in the state who could have added a voice from the other side.

I could only find six of the 30 commission members in Open Secrets for the 2006 cycle. I should also note that two commission members–Donna Bird and Steve Speiser– lost relatives in the 9/11 attacks.

Arizona Governor Napolitano wearing a white Islamic head scarf as she addresses the crowd at the Phoenix Eid Prayer session. StikNstein has the story.

Ace of Spades notes that the MSM is starting to wake up from their self induced slumber. Well sort of, The Arizona East Valley Tribune put the story in its local news section. This was enough to prompt Drudge.

Michelle Malkin notes that GOP AZ gubernatorial challenger Len Munsil is hosting a press conference tomorrow morning at 11am and has audio of Gov. Napolitano’s fawning over the memorial.

It turns out that one of the members on the memorial meeting minutes was Noel J. Stowe, chairman of ASU’s history department. Noel J. Stowe is instrumental in helping develop the future of America’s History departments and is a well respected and qualified scholar of history. I mention this because it demonstrates how political activists hijack others in unsuspecting ways by being sneaky and underhanded. I am sure that many people would not have been associated with this memorial if they knew it was going to turn into another America bashing project by the American left.

I sent an e-mail to the Arizona Memorial Committee info address last week but it bounced back. “Delivery to the following recipients failed. rbarrett@recellular.com”. This isn't a very good job by Recellular considering that they are a sponsor of the memorial.

ALLAHPUNDIT at Hot Air suggests contacting Russell Pearce, the Arizona state assemblyman via rpearce@azleg.state.az.us.

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Some people just can’t help themselves. It is one thing to oppose the War in Iraq, hate President Bush or just wake up every day angry at the world for passing you by because you spent all your working hours on a blog or at some protest.

It is quite another to hijack the memories of the victims of 9/11 and our fighting men and women by burying secret anti-war messages in a state funded memorial to the victims.

Unfortunately the left has reared their ugly heads again and done just that. The Arizona 9/11 Memorial was unveiled on September 12th to a throng of mourners at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza. The event was reported as remarkable:

When the Arizona 9/11 Memorial was unveiled Monday at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, bells tolled, bagpipes played, fighter jets roared overhead. And as a crowd of about 2,000 remembered a terrible day, tears fell, too.

Tucson Firefighter Shannon Adams wore her dress uniform and carried son Taylor, 4, in her right arm as she held the hand of daughter Spenser, 6.

“I’m here to honor the people who lost their lives, but also for my children,” Adams said. “I want them to remember this day and understand what sacrifices were made for our freedom.”

Several hundred firefighters, some from New York and scores from Arizona, were on hand to mark the fifth anniversary and to dedicate the memorial, a circular, stainless-steel plate suspended above a concrete base. Phrases and facts relating to the 9/11 attacks are cut into the steel, and as the sun moves overhead and shines through the plate, the words are illumined on the concrete below. Words like, “Feeling of invincibility lost,” and “We stand in 100-degree heat to give blood,” and “Remember,” shine through. - The Arizona Republic

Sounds good so far. The design of the memorial has inscriptions cut into the angled metal frame that are projected on the sidewalk when the sun shines through it. People can read the various dates and inscriptions as they walk through the structure.

An Arizona blogger at Espresso Pundit visited the memorial and was stunned by what he found. Many of the phrases that are inscribed on the memorial are politically correct phrases that bash America, President Bush and a multitude of other targets favorited by the anti-war left. See images below:

08-04-1964, Sneaky Gulf of Tonkin Reference Equating Iraq with Vietnam, Why Didn’t Bush Prevent 9/11?, and 7-01-02 - accidental bombing of Afghan Wedding Party by U.S. warplane are just a few of the messages buried in the memorial.

This isn’t the first time the left has done this. The edit of Jesus Camp the Movie trailer sticks a clip of the burning twin towers into the middle as some sort of insinuation that the Christian right was behind the 9/11 attacks, the New York Times took the opportunity to bash President Bush in an editorial on the five year anniversary and who can forget the lib attempts to hijack the WTC memorial in New York. These are just a few of the many examples of the lefts lack of respect for vitims of war and terror.

Like I said, they just can’t help themselves. There is no accounting for taste and respect from the moonbat segment of the American left. Keep this in mind when you vote on November 7th.

Hat Tip - Curt Over at Flopping Aces

Others:

• Hot Air : Arizona 9/11 memorial remembers U.S. airstrike on civilians, suggests that Bush knew
• Sister Toldjah : Arizona 9-11 Memorial
• Conservative Blog Therapy : It depends on what your definition of ‘memorial’ is… (updated)
• Riehl World View: New Problems With AZ 9/11 Memorial
• Take Back The Memorial : Arizona’s activist memorial

The MSM media launched a scathing salvo this week concerning a pentagon report that measures progress and security in Iraq. True to form, the defeatists in the media as lead by the New York Times managed to find nothing but the negatives in a 65 page report that talked as much about progress as it did about continuing problems.

It is like that Verizon commercial where you see the guy talking and he keeps cutting in and out. The left is loud and clear when they are talking about defeat, beating the drum of anti-war rhetoric or emphasizing American failure in general. But they inexplicably cut out when it comes time to discuss American successes in the War on Terror, the War in Iraq or anything positive that has been the result of Bush administration policies (like the economy).

The New York Times assessment of the Pentagon report is a perfect example of the orgasmic frenzy to emphasize defeat that is typified by the left.

In a grim 63-page report, the Pentagon chronicled bad news on a variety of fronts. One telling indicator was the number of weekly attacks, which reached an all-time high in July.

The American-led coalition suffered the brunt of the attacks, but an increasing number are being directed against civilians. In Baghdad, for example, civilian targets accounted for 22 percent of all the attacks, up from 15 percent in April. And the attacks on Iraqi troops and civilians caused many more deaths than did those on American troops. - Pentagon Releases Grim Report on Iraq

The reporter used the “bad news on a variety of fronts” line twice in the article in an effort to put an extra emphasis on the point he wishes to make. You will also note that the emphasis on American led coalition is no mistake as opposed to saying coalition forces.

But these are just semantics. The Times reporters can paint any picture they like as long as people keep buying the rag.

Rather than attack Michael Gordon’s assessment of the report I will report on the progress that he and most of the MSM ignored. You can read the Times spin for the negative side.

One particular emphasis must be placed on the numbers related to attacks and deaths that spiked recently in 4 main Iraqi provinces. July was a particularly bad month in Baghdad and that monthly total was included in the report. However, according to an AP report that must have slipped by the defeatists who run the show we can see that August saw a considerable drop in violent deaths from July. The total represents the lowest tally for any month in 2006. In other words the troops are adjusting.

According to Muhsin, about 1,500 of the July deaths occurred in Baghdad. Violent deaths in the capital fell to 550 in August, officials said Thursday. That was the lowest monthly tally in Baghdad this year.

U.S. officials attribute the drop in violent deaths to a major security crackdown launched Aug. 7. About 8,000 U.S. troops and 3,000 Iraqi soldiers were sent to the capital to search homes systematically and patrol the streets.

The pentagon report talked about these trends and placed emphasis on the plan and where it is succeeding as well as where it is failing. In the report we can see that progress is being made on all fronts although there are definite concerns and some markedly negative assessments of many aspects of the effort. But the negative aspects are not all enveloping and should not overshadow areas where the efforts are showing progress. They should be considered together in an effort to fix what is wrong and continue along the path of what is right.

Security

On the security front the report noted the following:

• Coalition and the Government of Iraq continued to make progress this quarter, improving the security environment in Fallujah and some parts of northern Iraq.
• Terrorists have failed to derail Iraq’s political process, or to widen their political support among the Iraqi people. Polling data continues to show the confidence of most segments of the Iraqi people in the Iraqi Army and their rejection of al-Qaeda’s vision of Iraq’s future
• As of August 2006, approximately 84% of the objective end-strength of MOD forces have been trained and equipped, while more than 92% of authorized Iraqi Army battalions have been generated.
• Terrorists have failed to advance their primary objectives, which include derailing Iraq’s political process and widening their political support among the Iraqi people.
• An indication of support for the Government of Iraq within the country is the level of confidence that the Iraqi people expressly place in the ISF Forces, especially when compared against militias or other illegal armed groups. Since the previous report, confidence in the Iraqi Army has remained generally constant, with the notable exception of Baghdad, where public confidence improved. Despite the increase in violence, confidence in the Iraqi Army rose from 69% to 78%.

The Pentagon report included many polls concerning progress and Iraqi confidence. While the MSM reported on the negative polls I would like to highlight some of the positives as shown in the following graphics:

Al Quaeda Influence Sentiment Poll Click to Enlarge

Iraqi Confidence Poll Click to Enlarge

Civil War

Democrats and the mainstream media have put considerable emphasis on fears of civil war. The trends point to many concerns in that area. Rather than throw their hands up and cry civil war the coalition is working with the Iraqi government to prevent one.

Sustained ethno-sectarian violence is the greatest threat to security and stability in Iraq. Breaking this cycle of violence is the most pressing immediate goal of Coalition and Iraqi operations. Conditions that could lead to civil war exist in Iraq, specifically in and around Baghdad, and concern about civil war within the Iraqi civilian population has increased in recent months. Notwithstanding this concern, there is no generally agreed upon definition of civil war among academics or defense analysts. Moreover, the conflict in Iraq does not meet the stringent international legal standards for civil war. However defined, movement toward civil war can be prevented. The U.S. and Iraqi governments are continuing the military, diplomatic, and political actions needed to prevent a civil war and bring the situation in Baghdad under control. Sectarian violence is largely confined to the communal level. Furthermore, the Iraqi institutions of the center are holding. Iraqi leaders must take advantage of the popular support for democracy, a unified Iraq, and opposition to violence to form institutions that take responsibility for Iraq’s security.

One of the most notable omissions by the MSM is that the attacks are concentrated in 4 main provinces. Thus the emphasis on violence in certain areas is portrayed as something that is prevalent throughout the country. The following graphic paints a clearer picture:

Attacks by Province Click to Enlarge

Infrastructure Attacks

Recall as far back as 2002 and up through 2006 that the media placed a huge emphasis on infrastructure attacks. The terrorists have had moderate success at attacking oil pipelines and infrastructure elements that are critical to winning over the confidence of the people in supporting the effort. The trend has taken a notable down swing in that time although you would never know it.

The average weekly number of attacks on critical infrastructure providing essential services to the Iraqi people, such as electrical power, water, and fuel, continued to decline over the past quarter, decreasing from an average of five per week to an average of two per week.

Decline in Weekly Infrastructure Attacks Click to Enlarge

Transition Forces

Transition is also a key marker of success. We need to support the Iraqi government in their efforts to provide their own security. On that front you can see that this picture is getting better every day. Despite the widely publicized attacks on police recruitment lines we can see that Iraqi’s are still lining up to play their part.

Iraq achieved a historic milestone on July 13,2006, with the transfer of security responsibility in Muthanna Province from MNF-I to the Provincial Governor and civilian-controlled Iraqi Police Service. Muthanna is the first of Iraq’s 18 provinces to be designated for transition to Provincial Iraqi Control, which represents the successful development of Iraq’s capability to govern and protect itself as a sovereign and democratic nation. The joint decision between the Government of Iraq and MNF-I to hand over security responsibility is the result of Muthanna’s demonstrated ability to take the lead in managing its own security and governance duties at the provincial level. The transition decision also reflects a joint assessment of the overall threat situation in Muthanna, the capabilities of the IPS and the Iraqi Army, and the provincial leadership’s ability to coordinate security. Transition Teams are in place to smooth the transfer process, and multinational forces stand ready to provide assistance if needed.

Progress in Transition of Security Forces Click to Enlarge

Cut and Run

Finally the report makes mention on the Democrat efforts to force an untimely pull out of U.S. lead military support.

Arbitrary deadlines or timetables for withdrawal of Coalition forces—divorced from conditions in Iraq and the region—would be a serious strategic error, as they would suggest to the terrorists, the Rejectionists, and the various illegal armed groups in Iraq that they can simply wait or stall to win. The absence of a specific timetable does not mean that the Coalition’s posture in Iraq is static. On the contrary, the Coalition continually reviews the situation in Iraq and adjusts its posture and approaches as conditions evolve and Iraqi capabilities grow.

Make no mistake about it. Cut and run is a plan for failure. Worse, it diminishes the lives that were lost by making their sacrifice all for naught.

Of course there are many negatives to report. Many people on the right, myself included, believe that the effort has been hampered by poor planning and in particular half hearted support from leaders on the right who should never have capitulated to a Democrat minority on many fronts. Nobody is suggesting that the negatives should be supressed. But we need a little balance and that is where the MSM fails; in many cases intentionally.

The lack of emphasis on progress is a national tragedy in and of itself. It diminishes the effort by allowing those who oppose the war to get out in front of the American people and lead the cries of defeat. How can anyone expect people to get behind an effort when any and all progress is muted in the face of liberal MSM activism?

Those who have taken the time to read the report understand that there is a plan in place. Not everyone may agree that it is the right plan but it is a plan nonetheless. The Democrats on the other hand are offering slogans on platitudes that leech off of the Bush administration’s plan when the audience in dumb enough to miss the fact that some of the things that democrats are proposing are already in place. Others are simply empty attacks on the BUsh administration. Most importantly you will note that the Democrats don’t have a plan other than opposition to the current plan. That is not a strategic plan for success. It is a plan for failure.

Had the people who run the major mainstream media outlets today been running the show during World War II we surely would have met defeat at the hands of an enemy who understood that wars are won and lost by defeating the will of a nation. The left, and in particular the staffers at the New York Times have demonstrated that they are among histories biggest cowards and have become the nation’s worst enemy. Isn’t it time to stop giving them the credit of legitimacy that they don’t deserve and moving their pedestal to a permanent place on the wall of shame?

Yesterday I listened to the Senate debate on The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security bill. During the floor speeches I was subjected to Senator Byrd as he iterated over a litany of arguments against the war in Iraq . Senator Byrd struggled to get the words out even though he has probably given this speech 100 times before. But I got the point, Bush is bad, he tricked us into going to war, there were no weapons of mass destruction and we are fighting a needless war for another country.

All great points if you are a Democrat and American failure is your strategy for regaining power.

Back in the real world however there is much more evidence being uncovered about Hussein that indicates he was anything but the benign threat the Democrats are reinventing him to be.

Documents are being uncovered that in many ways substantiate the intelligence assessments about Saddam’s activities and his intentions. Saddam Hussein was an active participant in the terrorist industry. He harbored terrorists, allowed them to set up training camps and paid families of would be suicide bombers to blow apart innocent Israeli’s in an intentional act of provocation against one of the United States’ closest allies. This is a very short list in a ream of crimes that should be evident to all but the most blind of partisans.

All that aside, one of the most underreported horrors being played out in Iraq was the plight of families that had to live in a constant state of terror under the menacing rule of "The Butcher of Baghdad".

One of the most horrific pictures emerging from Iraq are the details of the 200 plus suspected mass graves that have been uncovered since we made it our mission to remove such an obvious threat from power. I have been hammering away at this fact for some time now. Centcom released another audio update that indicates just how evil this madman was.

Doctor Michael K. Trimble is the person responsible for the investigation. His team’s most important contribution to the investigation is described as follows:

This should be the response made on the Senate floor every time one of our elected legislators stands up to tell us how much better Iraq was under Saddam Hussein. I’m sick of hearing these defeatists undermine the war effort all in the name of gaining power that they can’t legitimately win. Their only path to power requires that they lie to the American people about the intentions of the honorable Saddam Hussein.

Perhaps the left is right. Maybe Hussein was simply an ex-murderer who had mended his ways. Perhaps those terrorist training camps were just a ruse to make us conservatives seem crazy. Likewise, those trips to Niger were just a convenient publicity stunt to get some Wilson couple into Who’s Who in America. Or perhaps the left was wrong and the Bush assessment was right all along.

In 2004 the BBC ran an article called Babies found in Iraqi mass grave. This should act as a reminder of who we were dealing with in Iraq. In that particular story they found a mass grave with “skeletons of unborn babies and toddlers clutching toys”.

The grave was found south of Mosul and are believed to have been and created in the late 1980’s. Greg Kehoe, an American working with the IST told reporters that he believed that the grave was a killing field.

If anything is certain we shouldn’t be hearing speeches about how much better Iraq would be under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Politicians shouldn’t tell us that the war isn’t worth the effort and that our soldiers are dying for an ignoble cause. That is a lie told by liars who want to whitewash the truth about Iraq and Saddam Hussein.