Daily Archives: March 31, 2008

The recent revelation that Saddam Hussein covertly paid for the pre-Liberation trip of U.S. Congress members Jim McDermott, David Bonior and and Mike Thompson, highlights a question that I think more leftists should ask themselves.To whit: Why do the foreign-policy proposals of the American Left so often agree with and reinforce the naked self-interest of murderous despots and autocrats?

No one believes that the Congressmen knew of Saddam’s funding of their trip, nor does anyone imagine that the Congressmen approved of or supported Saddam’s mad reign in the least. Yet Saddam proved more than willing to fund their trip, no strings attached, and just let the Congressmen do what came naturally to them. He found them natural allies even though they seemed sincere in their opposition to his regime. We see this same dynamic repeated in the actions of leftists over and over again.   Continue reading “The Left”