Comments on: Symbols of Transformation http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:15:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CERDIP http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17527 CERDIP Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:24:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17527 Adnan Abdul Karim Enad was safe and free after Operation Iraqi Freedom <a href="http://www.amnesty.no/web.nsf/pages/0756C7E4D60E9D64C1256CC600489BD2" rel="nofollow">according to Amnesty International</a>. <i>Amnesty International has learned that 'Adnan 'Abdul Karim Enad is safe and free. He and other detainees were said to have escaped from a prison in al-Ramadi, about 80 miles from Baghdad, after it was abandoned by prison guards in mid-April [2003]. </i> Adnan Abdul Karim Enad was safe and free after Operation Iraqi Freedom

according to Amnesty International.

Amnesty International has learned that ‘Adnan ‘Abdul Karim Enad is safe and free. He and other detainees were said to have escaped from a prison in al-Ramadi, about 80 miles from Baghdad, after it was abandoned by prison guards in mid-April [2003].

]]> By: PeterUK http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17526 PeterUK Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:39:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17526 The UN is a big organisation run by little people who see themselves as the mandarins of a future world government.Judge their actions by this measure and all becomes clear. Why should these little people,many of whom are nonentities in their own lands, rule the rest of us,who voted for Annan or Blix? The UN is a big organisation run by little people who see themselves as the mandarins of a future world government.Judge their actions by this measure and all becomes clear.

Why should these little people,many of whom are nonentities in their own lands, rule the rest of us,who voted for Annan or Blix?

]]> By: Daniel Calto http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17525 Daniel Calto Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:03:58 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17525 I had a similar epiphany lately when an EU factotum, one day after the depraved massacre at Beslan, was demanding that Putin explain the erros made by Russian security forces. After a week, maybe--I'm no great fan of the anti-democratic Putin. But ont he very day of the massacre, it was almost beyond comprehension. I had a similar epiphany lately when an EU factotum, one day after the depraved massacre at Beslan, was demanding that Putin explain the erros made by Russian security forces. After a week, maybe–I’m no great fan of the anti-democratic Putin. But ont he very day of the massacre, it was almost beyond comprehension.

]]> By: Tom Grey http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17524 Tom Grey Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:52:39 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17524 The World needs a policeman; the UN doesn't cut it. Too many others don't honestly accept the USA; and the USA doesn't quite want it, either. We need an organization ready to fight for human rights against governments. A Standing Coalition of the willing. The World needs a policeman; the UN doesn’t cut it. Too many others don’t honestly accept the USA; and the USA doesn’t quite want it, either.

We need an organization ready to fight for human rights against governments. A Standing Coalition of the willing.

]]> By: John Bono http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17523 John Bono Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:40:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17523 It is sort of ironic that you got the link for the destruction of the Bamiyan statues from common dreams. I blogged a bit about how quickly their opinion of the Taliban changed. http://www.motgs.com/archives/001386.html All it took to change Afghanistan from "home of the taliban" to "target of unjust American bombing" was 2 hours--about the time it took for the towers to fall. It is sort of ironic that you got the link for the destruction of the Bamiyan statues from common dreams. I blogged a bit about how quickly their opinion of the Taliban changed.

http://www.motgs.com/archives/001386.html

All it took to change Afghanistan from “home of the taliban” to “target of unjust American bombing” was 2 hours–about the time it took for the towers to fall.

]]> By: joe http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17522 joe Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:02:38 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17522 Maybe we should replace the UN symbol's laurel wreath (I think that's what it is) with thorn bushes. Corruption. Incompetence. Tyranny. Today's UN. Maybe we should replace the UN symbol’s laurel wreath (I think that’s what it is) with thorn bushes.

Corruption. Incompetence. Tyranny.

Today’s UN.

]]> By: Jeff_Riley http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17521 Jeff_Riley Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:45:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17521 Whatever happened to Adnan Abdul Karim Enad? Surely with all the people out there, especially the Iraqi bloggers, we could attempt to find out the fate of this man. I agree with the commenter above, a 527 group should make a commercial of this, with the tag line: If John Kerry had his way, Saddam would still be in power today, and the United Nations would have veto power on US security. It didn't work for Adnan Abdul Karim Enad, what makes Kerry think it would work for the United States? Whatever happened to Adnan Abdul Karim Enad? Surely with all the people out there, especially the Iraqi bloggers, we could attempt to find out the fate of this man. I agree with the commenter above, a 527 group should make a commercial of this, with the tag line:

If John Kerry had his way, Saddam would still be in power today, and the United Nations would have veto power on US security. It didn’t work for Adnan Abdul Karim Enad, what makes Kerry think it would work for the United States?

]]> By: jedrury http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17520 jedrury Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:34:21 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17520 Learn all about the UN and its botched efforts improving the lot of mankind in the writings of liberals Philip Gourevitch ("We Wish to Inform You") and Samantha Power ("A Problem from Hell"). No illusions, hard facts, terrifying. Learn all about the UN and its botched efforts improving the lot of mankind in the writings of liberals Philip Gourevitch (”We Wish to Inform You”) and Samantha Power (”A Problem from Hell”).

No illusions, hard facts, terrifying.

]]> By: AlanC http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17519 AlanC Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:01:09 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17519 Roger, Let me first say that I admire your admissions regarding your conversion from LLL to VRWC, but, I have to ask did you mean this? " This marked the beginning of my disaffection with the United Nations,..." Weren't you paying attention to Rwanda? Weren't you paying attention to the UNs feelings toward Israel? I'll say that until Rwanda I thought that the UN did a little good, and provided a release valve for a whole lot of nut jobs, and were a horrible megaphone for anti-Semitic / anti-Israel propaganda. But all in all, relatively harmless. After Rwanda I saw the UN as a major part of the evil in the world, the sheep's clothing that was hiding the wolf. Roger,

Let me first say that I admire your admissions regarding your conversion from LLL to VRWC, but, I have to ask did you mean this?

” This marked the beginning of my disaffection with the United Nations,…”

Weren’t you paying attention to Rwanda? Weren’t you paying attention to the UNs feelings toward Israel?

I’ll say that until Rwanda I thought that the UN did a little good, and provided a release valve for a whole lot of nut jobs, and were a horrible megaphone for anti-Semitic / anti-Israel propaganda. But all in all, relatively harmless.

After Rwanda I saw the UN as a major part of the evil in the world, the sheep’s clothing that was hiding the wolf.

]]> By: beebop http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17518 beebop Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:53:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/23/symbols-of-transformation/#comment-17518 Roger, Your comment about the young guy pulled from the UN car by Saddam's thugs really hit home. You have a lot of contacts with mass media people; don't you think footage of that incident would make a great commercial for a 527 group? The tag line could be Kerry feels we'd be safer with Saddam still in power, compared to the chaos today. Another commercial could be an interview with a mother or widow of a suicide bomber's victim in Isreal, talking about how she felt when Saddam paid the family of the killer $25,000 -- same tag line on the commercial. Roger,

Your comment about the young guy pulled from the UN car by Saddam’s thugs really hit home. You have a lot of contacts with mass media people; don’t you think footage of that incident would make a great commercial for a 527 group? The tag line could be Kerry feels we’d be safer with Saddam still in power, compared to the chaos today. Another commercial could be an interview with a mother or widow of a suicide bomber’s victim in Isreal, talking about how she felt when Saddam paid the family of the killer $25,000 — same tag line on the commercial.

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