Critical Mass

On the left, that is. You know, the ones who weren't afraid to gunsling toward the avowed enemy. Now, I am by no means a Vietnam scholar or authority, but in reading about the war in this book I did take notice of the attitude that Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson had towards fighting the 1960s version of the war on terror--Communism:

“Losing the Great Society was a terrible thought, but not so terrible as the thought of being responsible for America’s losing a war to the Communists. Nothing would be worse than that.”

Or this:

“If you let a bully come into your front yard one day, the next day he’ll be up on your porch, and the day after that he’ll rape your wife in her own bed.”

That last one is admittedly crass, but can you imagine a typical 2006 Democrat speaking about the terrorist threat with even half that amount of grit and passion?