Listen to Sirota and Zogby Debate the Iraq War with the DCCC on NPR

[Douglas Carpenter]

from David Sirota-

here is the link to the NPR program which you can stream online:


http://kcrw.com/cgi-bin/ram_wrap.cgi?/tp/tp050811The_War_in_Iraq_and_


(If that link doesn't work, go to www.moretothepoint.com
and click on the link next to "The War in Iraq and American Politics")


http://www.davidsirota.com/2005/08/sirota-zogby-dccc-debate-iraq-on-npr.html


Listen to Sirota, Zogby & DCCC Debate the Iraq War on NPR

"Permit me to engage in a bit of shameless self-promotion, but I
thought folks would be interested in the debate I just had with the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on National Public
Radio over America's Iraq policy. Also appearing in the roundtable was
pollster John Zogby; Dante Zappalla, the brother of a National
Guardsmen killed in Iraq; and Andrew McCarthy, an archconservative
from the so-called Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (a group
set up to advocate for war in Iraq). Go to www.moretothepoint.com
{http://www.moretothepoint.com} and listen to the debate at:


I found a few things interesting/nauseating. First, as I wrote about
earlier with regard to the DCCC's attitude toward the Paul Hackett
race in Ohio, the Democratic Party as an institution really seems
afraid to address the Iraq War at all, which is not only sad, but, as
Zogby notes, is politically stupid. Second, the right-wingers who
pushed deliberate lies that justified this war in the first place are
resorting to claiming that Iraq is an extension of the War on Terror,
coming once again very close to claiming that Saddam Hussein's Iraq
had something to do with 9/11 and al Qaeda - claims that have been
repeatedly debunked.

Both positions are really pathetic. On one side, you have the
Democratic Party still afraid of its own shadow on Iraq. On the other
side you have conservatives so desperate to hide their lies and their
disastrous Iraq policy, they are resorting to already-debunked lies.
The result is that the majority of Americans who believe the Iraq War
made this country less safe and want an exit strategy are being
ignored by an ever-more insulated and out-of-touch political
Establishment that purports to speak in our country's name. Sources:
My previous post on how the DCCC wants to ignore Iraq:
http://www.workingforchange.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=87810569-E9B0-2C7B-04A934ABE72AE1D2
How the right pushed dishonest pre-war lies:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
Iraq-Al Qaeda pre-war ties repeatedly debunked:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46254-2004Jun16.html
Polls show Americans believe the Iraq War made our country less safe:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/11/bush.terror/
Majority of Americans want an exit strategy from Iraq
{http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-06-12-poll_x.htm} "

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