Dems, Libs...when Repubs try to quash dissent by accusing you of "emboldening the enemy" by speaking...?

Question

...What's your response?

Answer 1

I usually ignore them and continue speaking the truth! That is such a lame argument, and has been used for decades (people still blame Jane Fonda for our "losing" the war in Viet Nam) When things don't go as the repubs like, the first thing they seem to do, is find a scapegoat in the form a Liberal.

I am still trying to figure out who our "enemy" in Iraq IS!

According to some of the very ill-informed writers on Yahoo Answers, it seems to be the Iraqis, themselves! Now, that doesn't make sense, does it? We were "saving" them from Saddam and "giving" them a democracy when we first went in there, weren't we? If the Iraq people were our enemies, why didn't we just let Saddam wipe them out?

If it's AlQaeda, well, they weren't there until we got there and stayed there, and stayed there, and stayed there, and......

If it's the warring factions who wish to be in control of the country----then it's a CIVIL WAR--and not our business. (Of course, it IS our business to have a government in "control" of Iraq that will favor the US and keep the oil lines open, isn't it?)

So, if this very stupid argument actually had any validity, who, exactly, would I be "emboldening"??????

Answer 2

I point out that the enemy are a lot more emboldened by being given arms by Reagan or being let off for the 2000 bombing by Bush after those responsible for every other terrorist attack of the era were either killed or imprisoned.
They usually reply with some lie about Clinton not arresting OBL in 1998 or mumble something incoherent about the Gipper single handedly bringing down the Berlin Wall.
I honestly do not believe my response is any more constructive than the original mindless accusation but it is fun.

Answer 3

I used to bother with replies about increases in terrorism in Iraq since the war started, how we abandoned the search for Bin Laden - the one proven terrorist leader that we really should be trying to track down - the lack of WMD's, etc.

But I don't bother anymore.

It's a pointless argument. It gets nobody anywhere. And they aren't the people who need convincing. The people who need convincing are the members of congress who continue to fund the troops while mouthing niceties about being against the war. And they won't be convinced by the likes of me.

So, I just hang my head in dismay at how much trouble our country is in and how much worse it will get before there is any hope of it getting better and how little there is that I can do about it.

Answer 4

it is the best ingredient I even have seen on right here in 2 days. It became written by way of **Mackenzi**......The question became approximately Sanford....."So, are the Republicans nonetheless the party of morals and ethics?" He wrote; "We see repeated assaults on Republicans for having morals and ethics as though they're a technique or the different WORSE for having them. i might style of choose to work out my party end the political bigotry and that argument, because of the fact it makes us appear like we predict of human beings could vote for individuals without ethics or morals. What nonsense. There are very ethical and ethical democrats in my party. The political bigotry of suggesting the culpability of a finished party because of the fact of a individual's movements is previous contemptible. adequate. I defended Democrats while President Clinton became held responsible for his movements, and that i will do an identical right here. I even have ethics. If i'm keen to guard my very own party against nonsense like this, i'm unlikely to proceed to be silent purely because of the fact it rather is no longer my party. How approximately you individuals?"

Answer 5

I tell them they are crazy or ask why they disrespect former presidents like carter and clinton- doesn't that also embolden the enemy.
not to mention when they trash on congress- who by some standards have more power than bush does

Answer 6

How do they know what that even is, much less if I'm even capable of doing such a thing. They never mention the fact that 'the enemy' couldn't care less what I think, say or do online arguing with Gross Limpbough fans.

Answer 7

There's not too much we need to say, Bush's failures speak for him. Our troop loss has been cut to about 70 a month and he says we're winning the war. That's sad.

Answer 8

Let me ask you this question.

You appear on Syrian Television, of course you know that Syria supports the terrorists. Keeping in mind that President Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act in support of regime change in Iraq and prior to 9/11 several top democrats made speeches about Saddam's WMD's, now you have to remember that Bill Clinton bombed Iraq over a 4 day period in December of 1998.
Ok, now, in the course of your interview on Syrian TV you make a statement "This war was based on lies", does that statement give the terrorists justification? does this make them believe that they are right in what they are doing?

Now you go on further and say "We should withdraw our troops from Iraq", does this give the terrorists hope that they only need to hold out a little longer, doesn't these two statements by themselves create the feeling that we are justified and if we fight harder, the US will leave sooner.

Or do these statements resemble remarks of treason

Treason defined
1- Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.

2- A betrayal of trust or confidence.

Answer 9

It's been the tactic of every extreme, radical, war-bent regime ever to disgrace our planet. Find an enemy within and focus attention on that enemy. It's only a political distraction that is used to divert attention from what the opposition is really about, mainly that one may not be as just as one claims to be by calling for war and that one probably has some targeted, special interests in mind when calling for said war.
My response is these tactics only show how ludicrous the Bush administration's pretense at defending democracy is.

Answer 10

i would put a mirror in front of their face. AL Qaeda and Taliban not only gained in numbers and power by the Bush actions but was in fact they were organized and created by them!