Neocon spin

Looking at the neocon blogs is a mind-numbing experience. The hypocrisy and delusion is palpable.
Democrats are described by an assortment of hateful names, the 70% of the country that opposes the Iraq occupation are cowards, traitors, and 'surrenderists', and withdrawal fom Iraq is somehow equated with killing our soldiers. Sadly, the Republican zealots that still support the occupation are themselves the hateful ones.

Sources: Their sources of information are always in the pay of or under the command of the President. They quote the President himself as if he is some godlike expert. Yes, the fact the President supports his own policies is some kind of 'proof' in their minds. Bush is not big on facts, he's big on faith. So when a guy who's not big on facts makes assertions, you really have to take those assertions with a grain of salt. Military spokesmen are also a regular supplier of supportive quotes for the neocons. Just a reminder: the President is Commander-in-Chief and is the boss of these military spokesmen. And they are spokesmen, not experts. They just deliver the message they are told to. They don't provide analysis and their job is not to think independently of the President's agenda. Lastly, actively-serving generals or other active-duty officers round out the font of truth for Republicans. Again, if these guys say anything contrary to the party line, they will be severely punished and they most certainly know this.
Remember, we had the President, military spokesmen, and active-duty officers assuring us that Vietnam was either going great or that leaving would mean the end of the Free World up until we actually did withdraw. They are no more reliable a source than ventriloquist's dummies.

Motive: The Democrat's motive is always to destroy America, in their minds. They, in contrast, want to establish an Empire where the U.S. calls the shots, arranges everything for it's own benefit at the expense of other countries, and quashes any country that says what we don't want to hear. That is their definition of patriotism: we rule the world. We can only be 'safe' when we control everything. This is not practical or even attainable, even if we draft everyone under 40 and manage to rebuild our manufacturing sector and avoid bankruptcy. "My way or the highway" may have been temporarily feasible 50 years ago when we were the undisputed industrial leader and the rest of the planet was either very backward or in a postwar shambles. That's reality, not cowardice or treason. The Soviet Union was defeated primarily on an economic basis, and at a huge cost to us financially, mostly by an economic boycott and refusal to accept their currency. The huge cost would pay off in the long term by saving the money that went into the "war". However, we just found new wars and new enemies. Our industrial might has been outsourced nowadays and our major economic leverage comes by way of being the default currency. The euro is now looking like a better alternative to the dollar as the reserve currency, largely due to the enormous strings attached to the dollar. The more we try to intimidate other countries monetarily, the better the euro looks to them as a reserve currency.

Terror: Al-Qaeda is the ultimate bogeyman. If they say something that supports the President's view, then they are a sterling source, but if they say something that doesn't back the Republican scenario, then they are untrustworthy liars and schemers. Criticising the occupation 'emboldens' them, but having hatriots making public statements that say the U.S.' goal should be to wipe out Islam somehow puts Al-Qaeda in their place by showing them we "mean business". Ask yourself which scenario is more likely to push a young Muslim into the arms of radical Islamists:
1) "Here is a statement by an American who says that the occupation of Iraq should end."
2) "Here is a statement by an American who says they want to kill you simply for being a Muslim."
Yes, in the minds of Republicans, statement #2 is not only patriotic, but it will scare that young Muslim into bowing to the will of his/her American masters. Sheesh.

And of course, to the neocon, everything I've posted here is defeatist, treasonous garbage largely because it recognises that there are limits on American power.