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    Leading the nation wrongfully into war strikes at the heart of democracy. It would have been an unprecedented abuse of power even if the war hadn't turned into a military and moral quagmire. And we won't be able to get out of that quagmire until we face up to the reality of how we got in.

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    On one side, the people who sold this war, unable to face up to the fact that their fantasies of a splendid little war have led to disaster, are still peddling illusions: the insurgency is in its "last throes," says Dick Cheney. On the other, they still have moderates and even liberals intimidated: anyone who suggests that the United States will have to settle for something that falls far short of victory is accused of being unpatriotic.

    We need to deprive these people of their ability to mislead and intimidate. And the best way to do that is to make it clear that the people who led us to war on false pretenses have no credibility, and no right to lecture the rest of us about patriotism.

    The good news is that the public seems ready to hear that message - readier than the media are to deliver it. Major media organizations still act as if only a small, left-wing fringe believes that we were misled into war, but that "fringe" now comprises much if not most of the population.

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    Allons enfants de la Patrie
    Le jour de gloire est arrivé.
    Contre nous, de la tyrannie,
    L'étandard sanglant est levé,
    l'étandard sanglant est levé,
    Entendez-vous, dans la compagnes.
    Mugir ces farouches soldats
    Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras
    Egorger vos fils,
    vos compagnes.

    Aux armes citoyens!
    Formez vos bataillons,
    Marchons, marchons!
    Qu'un sang impur
    Abreuve nos sillons.

    (Translation)

    Let us go, children of the fatherland
    Our day of Glory has arrived.
    Against us stands tyranny,
    The bloody flag is raised,
    The bloody flag is raised.
    Do you hear in the countryside
    The roar of these savage soldiers
    They come right into our arms
    To cut the throats of your sons,
    your country.


    To arms, citizens!
    Form up your battalions
    Let us march, Let us march!
    That their impure blood
    Should water our fields

    Yeah, baby.

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