Or so says The Penguin. He’s been saying all kinds of interesting things on Meet the Press lately, but his latest statement concerning “what the terrorists want” is borderline insane.

So you look at situation today in Afghanistan or even in Iraq, and you’ve got people who have doubts. They want to know whether or not if they stick their heads up, the United States, in fact, is going to be there to complete the mission. And those doubts are encouraged, obviously, when they see the kind of debate that we’ve had in the United States, suggestions, for example, that we should withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq, simply feed into that whole notion, validates the strategy of the terrorists.

And this was AFTER stating that Americans “don’t have the stomach for the fight.” Yes folks, that’s what Cheney is saying. We can’t even TALK about pulling the troops out of Iraq because that’s helping the terrorists.

The administration thinks blind obedience is the only route to victory. Dissent is being equated to helping the enemy. If that’s not Orwellian totalitarianism, I’d like to be told what is.

[tags]terrorism, iraq, war, afghanistan, cheney[/tags]