Day of Reckoning Soon to Arrive for Liberals in Denial?

During a recent interview I was asked to define the term "moonbat." I was surprised that the reporter had not heard the term before, but heck, blogs are new media and sometimes the old tree-chopper newspapers are still a tad behind the times.

Allow me to define "moonbat" in very simple terms. A moonbat is a liberal or socialist who either:

• Continues to deny the plain truth when it is readily apparent, or
• One who willfully remains ignorant of information which contradicts his or her ideological viewpoint, or
• One who engages in Orwellian delusions, often confusing, if not reversing , the meanings of good and evil.

The worst form of this condition is a moonbat who suffers from all three symptoms simultaneously.

And at some point, history or reality gets in the way. This was in clear evidence with the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Soviet Union. An event that took place due to the vision and persistence of leaders like President Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul the Great.

President Reagan set the stage for our victory in the Cold War with a direct challenge to the moonbats of the day. In this speech to the British Parliament in 1982 (remembered here during our Reagan Anniversary celebration) he said:

If history teaches anything it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly. ...[W]e see totalitarian forces in the world who seek subversion and conflict around the globe to further their barbarous assault on the human spirit. What, then, is our course? Must civilization perish in a hail of fiery atoms? Must freedom wither in a quiet, deadening accommodation with totalitarian evil?

And yet in snarky dens of delusional socialist moonbats you will still find some who deny the honest truth of those words vindicated by history.

Moonbat Day of Reckoning on the Horizon?

Recent disclosures from the treasure trove of Saddam era intelligence documents make me wonder if we might soon see a day when moonbats in denial may just call in sick and stay in bed rather than face what President Reagan called "unpleasant facts."

In what is just the tip of the iceberg from this mountain of information which is being released we learn that the relationship between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden was much closer than the one previously described in either the 9/11 Commission Report or the Senate Intelligence Committee report on pre-war intelligence.

The New York Sun offers an assessment of the relevance of this new material. The comments from 9/11 Commission member, former Senator Bob Kerry are bound to give moonbats heartburn:

The new documents suggest that the 9/11 commission's final conclusion in 2004, that there were no "operational" ties between Iraq and Al Queda, may need to be reexamined in light of the recently captured documents.

While the commission detailed some contacts between Iraq and Al Queda in the 1990s, in Sudan and Afghanistan, the newly declassified Iraqi documents provide more detail than the commission disclosed in its final conclusions. For example, the fact that Saddam broadcast the sermons of Al Queda at bin Laden's request was previously unknown, as was a conversation about possible collaboration on attacks against Saudi Arabia.

"This is a very significant set of facts," former 9/11 commissioner, Mr. Kerry said yesterday. "I personally and strongly believe you don't have to prove that Iraq was collaborating against Osama bin Laden on the September 11 attacks to prove he was an enemy and that he would collaborate with people who would do our country harm. This presents facts should not be used to tie Saddam to attacks on September 11. It does tie him into a circle that meant to damage the United States."

Meanwhile, our moonbat "friends" have moved from an absolute denial of a link between Saddam and bin Laden, encouraged as they were by headlines in the lamestream media to a denial of an "operational" link based on the 9/11 and Senate Intell Reports. This new information demonstrates that an operational link did exist. Saddam did authorize propaganda broadcasts by an Islamic Cleric designed to undermine the Saudi monarchy.

Is there more? We shall see.

This mural captured by American forces in Iraq depicting Saddam's pleasure at the September 11th atrocities makes one wonder if there might be more to come regarding Saddam's role in 9/11 contained in the recently disclosed files.

Will this new information make the slightest dent in the wall of willful ignorance and delusion that surrounds moonbats? I have often said we could show Saddam Hussein on an airport security videotape, dropping off the 9/11 hijackers, his fingerprints on the steering wheel, DNA on the cigar butt in the ashtray a direct match to him and some of these folks would still say that 9/11 was George Bush's fault for supporting Israel, or that George Bush ordered the attack.

They are a pretty crafty bunch these delusionists. When reality boxes them into a corner they shift the goal posts and change the subject.

You can't blame them really. They learned at the hands of their master, Bill Clinton. When giving testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment trial he was confronted with his lies regarding Monica Lewinsky. Who can forget that videotape of him angry and redfaced with his answer "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."

All the garbage the moonbats spewed about Iraq not being part of the war on terror, all about oil, and so on is starting to crumble. Their one hope is that Hillary wins the presidency in 2008 and refuses to hold Syria accountable for hiding the elusive weapons of mass destruction which we know from the Duelfer Report existed even if we didn't quite believe Bill Clinton and nearly every Democrat leader who echoed similar sentiments in the late 1990's.

And as a reminder for those who might prefer to forget, let's do our part to save the environment from the pollution of moonbat ignorance and recycle this golden oldie:

Commentary provided by "The War Room with Quinn and Rose." Thanks to Cao's Blog for pointing me to the source.

If you prefer the video news report without commentary, it is here by way of Media Research.

More on this topic from a post last November: "No hype needed: Saddam al-Qaida Linked."
And the thoroughly researched "Who is Ramzi Yousef and Why You Should Care."

A special audio treat: Turn up the sound and wait for the download "Bush Was Right" by that intrepid group The Right Brothers. I've been saving this one for a while and thanks to Trucker Philosophy for finding it. I've added the download link to the sidebar along with the ever popular look into Ramzi Yousef. Visit Right Brothers for more great audio.