No Connection to 9/11?

Having lost in a presidential contest, and failed to regain control of either house of Congress, one might think the Democrats would try a new approach to undermining a wartime president. Yet they're stuck with the most asinine argument one can imagine: mention of 9/11 in connection with the war on Islamo-fascism is off-limits!

Aside from the obvious question -- what do they think sparked the war? -- this strategy failed miserably last fall. Whenever Kerry or others tried to ban mention of 9/11 during the campaign, they made themselves look insincere, opportunistic, and desperate -- not a winning combo. Their appearance today is, if anything, worse, as "sticking with a loosing proposition" can be added to the list.

The best, most concise, rebuttal to the carping over the President's speech that I've come across thus far is by John Hinderaker, who says, "Pessimism is not a policy, and defeatism is not a strategy." He offers a point-by-point refutation of the left's arguments. That is, he intellectually eviscerates them, and handily, by engaging in an act they seem incapable of pulling off: informed, reasoned, logical thought.