Whats that Dylan line

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What’s that Dylan line? “They say that patriotism” … “Patriotism” … “They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings“? … No, that’s not it. No, wait. I got it. I remember. Right. “They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which Frank Gaffney clings”! Right! That’s it.

Gaffney had an OpEd in the National Post yesterday which you really must see to believe. Those who are questioning the honesty and completeness of the White House’s claims about Iraqi WMD and al qaida ties are paving the way for Saddam’s return, sapping the morale of our troops and generally stabbing America in the back …

Somewhere, probably in Iraq, Saddam Hussein is gloating. He can only be gratified by the feeding frenzy of recriminations, second-guessing and political power-plays that are currently assailing his nemeses … It is hard to believe that Americans of any political persuasion would actually want to gladden the heart of so vile a tyrant as Saddam Hussein, let alone to encourage those who seek his return to power … the enemy will be encouraged to believe that additional, murderous assaults on Americans and their Iraqi partners will improve the chances for a restoration of something like the previous order.

After all, what’s the problem? Britain continues to stand by its claim, “notwithstanding,” as Gaffney generously puts it, “the dubious provenance of one particular document that purports to confirm a specific uranium sale to Saddam’s Iraq by Niger.”

Call out the Freikorps!

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