America Betrayed: Will Progressives Take the Fall?

By Joe Brewer and Scott Parkinson, AlterNet
Posted on February 1, 2008, Printed on February 1, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/75646/

The story of Iraq will be told as a story of betrayal. But which version of that story prevails -- who is cast as the betrayer -- will have profound and lasting consequences for the future of our country.

As we enter this crucial election year, progressives need to be wary that our greatest strength, our longstanding opposition to the debacle in Iraq, could become our greatest weakness. A trap has been set to clamp down on progressives when the apparent progress from the "surge" inevitably unravels into a new round of intense violence.