[Peace-discuss] Feckless Democrats

[Morton K. Brussel]

On Feb 12, 2007, at 12:14 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> [I know, I know -- that subject line is repetitious, but Mort got  
> upset at last night's meeting at my being unpleasant about the  
> Democrats, so I thought I'd post this morning's comment from the  
> excellent Glenn Greenwald, who shows how the appropriate point (the  
> one I ended with last night) is being made on the Right (John  
> Yoo!), whatever their motives. (Although I'm not at all sure that  
> Obama's proposal "has actual teeth.") And the Update at the end  
> exposes a Democratic front.  --CGE]


Carl misinterprets: I simply suggested the use of a narrower brush  
when speaking of "Democrats"; there's no monolithic party there.

 From Greenwald's piece, note that a Democrat, Feingold, calls for  
effective action against the war; yet Carl gratuitously lumps him in  
with the rest. Unfair I feel.
Quoting from Greenwald:

As Russ Feingold explained in a Daily Kos diary announcing his  
opposition to the Warner/Levin "anti-surge" resolution:

  We owe it to ourselves to demand action that will bring about  
change in Iraq, not take us back to a failed status quo.

     Democrats in Congress have seemingly forgotten that we were in  
power when Congress authorized the President to go to war in  
Iraq. . . . We also have to remember that in November, Americans sent  
over 30 new Democratic Representatives and eight new Democratic  
Senators plus a very progressive Independent to fix a failed Iraq  
policy. The public is craving change in Iraq and a resolution like  
this one will not cut it. Now is the time for strong action.

Greenwald also says:

… yet one sees relatively little dissatisfaction, and almost no  
anger, directed at the Democratic leadership  (sic) for its refusal  
even to force a vote on genuine war-ending measures. It is unclear  
why that is -- perhaps there are good reasons for it -- but those  
reasons are difficult to discern, and these seem like questions worth  
examining.

As suggested to Carl, it is the Democratic leadership which must be  
condemned and targeted, (not to say most Republicans and other Dems).  
Be a little nuanced…

--mkb



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