Rossputin.com Rational Thinking About Our World

Thanks to Patrick for sending this along...

In the following video from 1992, VP Candidate Al Gore blasts President George H. W. Bush for not being nearly aggressive enough in dealing with a "murderous and vicious" Saddam Hussein and Iraq, and in particular ignoring Saddam's desire to create a nuclear weapons program and not retaliating against actual or planned terrorist attacks (i.e. the Achille Lauro, or the group who wanted to blow up the Rome airport) which had ties to Iraq.

I just love this line by Al Gore: "Bush deserves heavy blame for intentionally concealing from the American people the clear nature of Saddam Hussein and his regime and for convincing himself that friendly relations with such a monster would be possible, and for persisting in this effort far far beyond the point of folly."

The entire video clip is just over 9 minutes long and well worth watching, both to remind yourself of the actual history of Saddam's Iraq, and to remind liberals who complain about the fundamental premise of our actions there. (This is obviously not to say that the war has been well-managed, but that's an entirely different argument from saying that it was wrong to begin with...and even if you believe it was wrong, that does not eliminate the tremendous hypocrisy of Al Gore and friends.