http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/14/boehner-memo/The Rubber-Stamp Robots have been given their warmed-over 9-11 hash by the perennially-suntanned House Majority Speaker. Unfortunately, the voting masses are not all that swift. How do Dems counter this?
On Thursday, the House of Representatives will hold a debate on the Iraq war. Media reports say Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) “hopes to match the serious, dignified tone of deliberation that preceded the Gulf war, in 1991.”
ThinkProgress has obtained a “Confidential Messaging Memo” from Boehner instructing his caucus to conduct a very different kind of deliberation. Here’s a quick summary:
1. Exploit 9/11. The two page memo mentions 9/11 seven times. It describes debating Iraq in the context of 9/11 as “imperative.”
2. Attack opponents ad hominem. The memo describes those who opposes President Bush’s policies in Iraq as “sheepish,” “weak,” and “prone to waver endlessly.”
3. Create a false choice. The memo says the decision is between supporting President Bush’s policies and hoping terrorist threats will “fade away on their own.” excerpt from actual memo:http://images1.americanprogress.org/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/boehnermemo.pdfIt is imperative during this debate that we re-examine the conditions that required the United States to
take military action in Afghanistan and Iraq in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001.
The attacks we witnessed that day serve as a reminder of the dangers we face as a nation in a post-9/11
world. We can no longer expect oceans between us and our enemies to keep us safe. The plotting and
planning taking place in terror camps protected by rogue regimes could no longer go unchecked or
unchallenged. In a post-9/11 world, we could no longer allow despots and dictators like the Taliban
and Saddam Hussein to ignore international sanctions and resolutions passed by the United Nations
Security Council.
So, during this debate we must make clear to the American people that the United States had to take
action in the best interests of the security of our nation and the world community. As Republicans who
supported military action against Saddam Hussein and terrorists around the globe, the United States
had to show our resolve as the world’s premier defender of freedom and liberty before such ideals
were preyed upon, rather than after standing witness to their demise at the hands of our enemies.
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