I don’t know how else to say it.  They are nuts.  Looney.  Idiots.

Today it was announced one of the most evil people in the world was killed in Iraq, and all some on he left can do is fire up the conspiracy and spin machines to see if they can make this a bad thing.  While Iraqis are celebrating in the streets, these people sit huddled in their hate groups and try to figure out how to make the President look bad.

Yes I am being deliberately harsh, but this just pisses me off.  Within a few hours the left was coming up with ways to marginalize this, and even to make it look more bleak.  I just want to know why?

Can hatred of George Bush really justify this?  This is the most positive thing in Iraq this year, and they want to pooh pooh it, lest Bush actually be seen as doing something right.

Democrats call Zarqawi killing a stunt

Some Democrats, breaking ranks from their leadership, today said the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi in Iraq was a stunt to divert attention from an unpopular and hopeless war. 

"This is just to cover Bush’s [rear] so he doesn’t have to answer" for Iraqi civilians being killed by the U.S. military and his own sagging poll numbers, said Rep. Pete Stark, California Democrat. "Iraq is still a mess — get out." 

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, said Zarqawi was a small part of "a growing anti-American insurgency" and that it’s time to get out.

"We’re there for all the wrong reasons," Mr. Kucinich said.

Officially, Democratic leaders reacted positively to the news and praised the troops that successfully targeted al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq with 500-pound bombs at his safe house 30 miles from Baghdad.

"This is a good day for the Iraqi people, the U.S. military and our intelligence community," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

The key word is Officially.

Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) had to say in response to today’s good news?(from ST):

“This is just to cover Bush’s [rear] so he doesn’t have to answer” for Iraqi civilians being killed by the U.S. military and his own sagging poll numbers, said Rep. Pete Stark, California Democrat. “Iraq is still a mess — get out.”

We can’t ignore Scott Thill at HuffPo:

Ah, the more things change, the more they remain the same. If there are any Americans left who believe that the death of Zarqawi is anything other than an orchestrated photo-op, then it’s time to start scouting out apartments in Vancouver.

I just dont get them.  And the media is right there.

Take Matt Lauer (please).  Still stinging from the slappin Ann Coulter gave him, he is off on a new tangent.

Early Cold Water Bursts on NBC’s ‘Today’

How on Earth would the networks work in the alleged Marine massacre at Haditha today? Oh, don’t worry. Matt Lauer was on that six minutes into the show, MRC’s Geoff Dickens reports. Oh, the timing was very political, we at NBC would like to underline:

Matt Lauer: "And Mik, let me just talk about the timing of this. The, the U.S. military has been rocked over the last couple of weeks by headlines suggesting an alleged massacre in Haditha. So clearly this comes at a very important time for the Pentagon."

Jim Miklaszewski: "Well it comes at an important time for the Pentagon, the Bush administration but also for the Iraqis to sort of regain some confidence in their own security forces, Matt. And it was no mistake that the U.S. sat on this information for about 18 hours and allowed the information to be conveyed to the Iraqis and the world by Prime Minister Maliki."

A minute later, NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell picked up the cold water balloons and began throwing as she recounted Zarqawi’s menacing life:

"Well the death of Zarqawi will not end the insurgency in Iraq, according to intelligence officials but they do say it is a major blow to a terrorist with broader ambitions. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a 39-year-old Jordanian was often known as a lone wolf and a master of disguise. A veteran of the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the eighties he later returned to Jordan and was jailed for seven years. After being released from prison in 1999 he returned to Afghanistan until the arrival of U.S. troops in 2002 caused him to flee to Iran and then Iraq. In October 2004 Zarqawi pledged his allegiance to Osama bin Laden. At times it seemed a marriage of convenience with Zarqawi competing with bin Laden to claim credit for high profile terror attacks. His record of violence was extraordinary.

October 2002: The U.S. blames Zarqawi for the death in Amman, Jordan of American diplomat Lawrence Foley.

February 2003: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell used Zarqawi’s presence in Iraq to claim that al-Qaeda had a link to Saddam Hussein, a pretext for war, even though Zarqawi was not under Saddam’s control.

August 2003: Zarqawi is blamed for the bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing 23.

In this ghoulish video Zarqawi personally beheaded American businessman Nicholas Berg in May 2004.

Last fall the U.S. intercepted a letter from Osama Bin Laden’s top deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri to Zarqawi warning him not to attack fellow Muslims. But only months later he attacked a wedding party in his native Jordan. The first step toward broadening his reach throughout the Middle East and even in recent months to Europe. This past February,  Zarqawi’s group blew up a mosque in Samarra, sparking the worst round of sectarian violence in Iraq.

Remember how Samarra was one of those events that the media worked hard into a potential "tipping point" to U.S. withdrawal? Will it be harder now for the insurgents to work up the anti-war news media into a frenzy?

Now we learn the #2 most wanted man Jamal Abu Samhadana was also killed today.  The 2 worst dregs in the terrorist pot are gone.

Yep, what a lousy day that is.  Those Iraqis must just be livid that the US Air Force killed those guys.

No, this is not the end of the war, and no one is saying it is.  This is just another chapter, and it will be considered a milestone in the end.

But for the rabid lefties that want us to either lose and retreat; or cut and run; this is a dreadful defeat.

The last thing they apparently want, is the Iraqis happy, and our troops a little safer.

More at Michelle Malkin here and here, Sister Toldjah,  american footprints, Democracy Project, Gateway Pundit, Power Line, The Sundries Shack, ThreatsWatch.Org, Security Watchtower, RIGHTWINGSPARKLE, Blogs for Bush, Associated Press, The American Thinker, Macsmind, Gay Patriot, NewsBusters.org, Big Lizards, Wizbang, Flopping Aces, The Strata-Sphere, Jihad Watch and Mudville Gazette

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