Ann Coulter writes:
As Mickey Kaus has pointed out, every time Kerry starts campaigning, his poll numbers plummet … But he’s got a lot of surrogates campaigning for him. There’s Michael Moore, who has said he hopes more Americans will die in Iraq. His movie, “Fahrenheit 7/11” as we call it, apparently supports the [New York] Times’ view that life in Iraq was better, sunnier, happier under Saddam Hussein. Moore has also accused the American people of being the stupidest, most naive people on the face of the Earth. And after last weekend, he’s got the box office numbers to prove it!
Can any readers point to Moore’s saying that he hopes more Americans will die in Iraq? If you have a specific quote that expresses this view (with a citation or, better yet, a URL), please e-mail it to volokh at law.ucla.edu. I’m genuinely not sure whether or not he did; Ms. Coulter may well be mistaken on this. Thanks!
UPDATE: Ted Frank points to this: “I oppose the U.N. or anyone else risking the lives of their citizens to extract us from our debacle. I’m sorry, but the majority of Americans supported this war once it began and, sadly, that majority must now sacrifice their children until enough blood has been let that maybe — just maybe — God and the Iraqi people will forgive us in the end.” Earlier in the item, he says “The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not ‘insurgents’ or ‘terrorists’ or ‘The Enemy.’ They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win.”
Hmm; doesn’t quite sound like hope that more Americans will die in Iraq (note the “sadly,” plus the “must” seems to refer to what he sees as the inevitable consequences of the Administration’s policies, rather than what he would like to see happen). On the other hand, it’s quite clear that he wants us to lose, and some very bad people to win. But in any event, I’m not at all sure that this is what Coulter was referring to.
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