DEMOCRATS ESTABLISHING SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEFENSE

Led by a former Attorney General of the United States, any number of mainstream Democrats are establishing a line of defense that Saddam Hussein would be wise to use in court as he attempts to avoid the hanging he so richly deserves.

Ramsey Clark, who was Attorney General under President and Democrat Lyndon Johnson, has become a true national disgrace. He appeared Monday in black robes as a part of the defense team hoping to spring Saddam.

Essentially, Clark and the rest of Saddam's legal defense team will be using the same reasons that John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, John Murtha, and many other Democrats have put forward in recent days. Bush lied. Bush caused a war needlessly. Iraq is a quagmire. America is the invader. American troops are the occupiers. American troops are terrorizing innocent Iraqi civilians. The war is illegitimate. And the list goes on and on.

If Saddam is wise he will invoke all the reasons Democrats are putting forth. By so doing, he may be able to defeat the new Iraqi government and perhaps even return to power. With help from Ramsey Clark and most of the left wing Democrats, perhaps Saddam can have his palaces restored. John Kerry might even want to lead a parade in Saddam's honor to celebrate the Butcher of Baghdad's return to power. Pelosi and Company could supervise the departure of evil American military forces, making sure that soldiers who tortured and killed innocent Iraqis were themselves made to pay the price of their brutality. Why any and all of this would be worth it if George Bush's poll numbers can be lowered and Republicans be forced to admit there is no such thing as a War on Terror.

The precipitous return of Democrats to the good old days of Jane Fonda and George McGovern represents a sad moment in American politics. The fact that this bunch of leftists are in control of a major political party is disturbing. These are the people who must never be allowed to take charge of America's defense in the months and years ahead.