When pro-war proponents attack fellow Americans

Well you know the "send other people's children to die in a misbegotten war" crowd are getting nervous when Glenn Reynolds momentarily breaks out of his usual monosyllabic grunts of approval to other's irrational rants in order to pen a whole paragraph of his own words in an attempt to discredit the majority of Americans who dissapprove of the handling of the Iraq occupation.

SPINNING THE PROTESTS: I recommend that readers google the names of people mentioned in the press accounts of this weekend's antiwar protests. I looked up Brian Becker, who's mentioned in this Washington Post story by Petula Dvorak. To be fair, Dvorak at least mentions the ANSWER connection, but a quick Google search of Becker's name finds that he's been praising the "Iraqi resistance" and denigrating U.S. troops since the beginning. It would appear that he's not so much "antiwar" as just on the other side.

One could probably google the pro-war protestors and find worse instances of some of its members acting against the best interests of our country, but using such case specific information as a broad brush to paint the intentions and beliefs of a majority of Americans is just deceitful. Pure PNAC propaganda tactics.

Glenn and the rest of the sneering White House apologists might do well to read Dan Froomkin at the WaPo today who asks, how can you marginalize a majority? As Dan notes, "fewer than one in three Americans support Bush's handling of the war." Word to the wise; unless you're Rush Limbaugh or Bill O'Reilly, chances are some of those folks are your readers.

But please, keep denigrating their concerns and their constitutional right to dissent. Maybe they'll become your former readers and start reading me instead.