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Whackos on the Angry Left React to Saddam's Capture

I love The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto. His "Best of the Web Today" his insightful, humorous, and informative. He just cracks me up. I have a bunch of his past articles that I wanted to post on my blog, but I didn't get a chance to do it yet. Anyway, below is today's post on some of the reactions against Saddam's capture.

What a bunch of whackos! Especially on Howard Dean's blog. Ok, Republicans and conversatives have whackos too, but these people are beyond being normal lunatics (slightly biased, self-amusing comment). Taranto's statement at the bottom sums it up well. Their grievances and hatred lead them down a dangerous path. The Star Wars series comes to mind for me. Remember what led Darth Vader to the darkside? Remember what Yoda's initial assessment of young Anakin Skywalker was in Episode I?

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you."


Best of the Web Today - December 15, 2003
By JAMES TARANTO

Who's Whooping It Up Now?
We don't know for sure that Saddam Hussein was directly involved with the attacks of Sept. 11, but in at least one respect his capture allows Americans to enjoy a measure of revenge. Remember how Palestinians whooped it up on that infamous day, dancing in the streets and handing out candy, unable to contain their joy over the mass murder of Americans? Well, they're pretty bummed right about now, and it serves them right.

"Palestinians in the West Bank reacted with shock and disbelief to the capture of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, with many expressing deep disappointment that the man who symbolized defiance against the US and Israel surrendered without resistance," reports the Jerusalem Post's Khaled Abu Toameh:

Jihan Ajlouni, a 24-year-old university student, said, "This is a big loss for the Arab nation. Saddam was one of the great Arab leaders who supported the Palestinian people and many Arabs. We feel very sad today, and we say to all the traitors and collaborators: Don't rush to celebrate because there are millions of Saddams in the Arab world."

A million Saddams? All we can say is bring 'em on! Come out of those holes with your hands up!

The Post adds that "the Palestinian Authority declined to comment on the arrest of Saddam, but a senior PA official in Ramallah said Yasser Arafat was 'saddened' by the news from Baghdad. 'President Arafat was sad to see an Arab leader in an humiliating position,' said the official."

Arafat won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.

America's Palestinians
Here's a sampling of comments on Saddam's capture from the Howard Dean campaign's "Blog for America (some appear on this page and this one):

Carrie B: "I can't believe this. I'm crying here. I feel that we now don't have a chance in this election."

Leslie in SF: "I think it is shameful that the ACLU has not commented on the obvious mistreatment Hussein has suffered at the hands of the American military."

Muslims4Dean: "If the Death toll mounts--good. It will teach the American people not to support Nazi Republicans who invase [sic] Muslim lands."

Johnny Smith: "Muslims4Bush [sic]-- don't think we can put it that way. We don't want Americans to die. But if Bush will not bring our boys home--then they're going to have to die so that Howard Dean can win."

The Angry Left is America's equivalent of the Palestinians: a self-destructive political movement based on nothing but a collection of grievances rooted in a falsified, self-justifying history. These grievances so distort their view of the world that they lose the capacity for ordinary moral judgment and cannot understand something as simple as that the fall of a genocidal tyrant is a good thing.