Chris Matthews Has Foregone His Integrity

I just watched MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews ridicule and belittle and trivialize "the coalition of the willing," the multinational force that intervened in Iraq in 2003. It's an omnipresent line of masturbatory glee for liberals, but their callow delight in criticizing our allies betrays their unseriousness. The coalition included among others the US, the UK, Australia, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, South Korea, Georgia, Ukraine, and Japan. Had the case for war been made by someone of even average eloquence, instead of a man totally numb to international diplomacy (George W. Bush), the list would have been more comprehensive. Nevertheless, the shame ultimately belongs to those who giggled at jokes about Mr. Bush's intelligence instead of supporting the removal of the fascist crime family that formerly subjugated Iraq.