False prophets

Back when the right was crowing about the "end" of the Iraq war (Mission Accomplished, don't you know), they called on anti-war folks to apologize for their doubt and lack of patriotism. It's being suggested that maybe it's time for the pundits to admit their own blindness, and some of the highest-visibility bloggers might join them...

"Now that the combat phase of the war in Iraq is officially over, what begins is a debate throughout the entire U.S. government over America's unrivaled power and how best to use it." (CBS reporter Joie Chen, 5/4/03)

"Over the next couple of weeks when we find the chemical weapons this guy was amassing, the fact that this war was attacked by the left and so the right was so vindicated, I think, really means that the left is going to have to hang its head for three or four more years." (Fox News Channel's Dick Morris, 4/9/03)

Of course, far from admitting they were wrong, these blowhards have just moved on to the next set of air-filled talking points...