Comments on: For the Byrd(s)

By: PRIM

PRIM — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 01:08:05 +0000

Roger: You’re a BEACON! The Byrd post was indelible. He’s a serpent, and the Democrats’ worship of him as “Mr. Constitution,” is a gift to those of us who believe in seeing more Republicans elected. (Like you, I spent most of my life as a Dem, and am now appalled.)

I’d also like to praise and thank you for bringing Austin Bay’s 2004 email back. I respect Peggy Noonan, but her exhaustion is very tiresome.

By: doneup

doneup — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:45:27 +0000

How many times does it need to be said? We overthrew Sadaam because leaving him there was intolerable after 9/11. If Gore had won he’d have done the same thing. We invaded to demonstrate our credibility after the Axis of Evil speech and to drive a wedge between and put pressure upon the terror sponsoring states of Syria and Iran. Lots of countries have WMD. Sadaam could have been off the hook if he’d just complied with the agreements he signed. He left a legal loophole for invasion that Clinton unsuccessfully tried to use in 1998. It’s interesting to note that No. Korea never signed a peace treaty either and the Korean war is technically only in cease fire. Another example of a stupid statesman is Noriega who made a speech saying that a “state of war exists between Panama and the United States”. The words of rulers have legal meaning.

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:51:43 +0000

Steve J ó That is not the resolution Congress voted on and you know it.

By: R C Dean

R C Dean — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:14:11 +0000

There have always been three fundamental concerns. One is weapons of mass destruction,

No chance of Saddam reconstituting his program now, is there? Iraq will never again produce or use WMD on itself or its neighbors, will it? I count that as a plus.

the second is support for terrorism,

Iraq will no longer provide support and sanctuary for terrorists, will it? I count that as a plus as well.

the third is the criminal treatment of the Iraqi people.

While there are still some Baathists and Islamonutters treating the Iraqi people criminally, I would say that at least now the Iraqis have a legitimate chance to build a decent society. I count that as a plus.

What exactly has been falsified? As far as I can tell, we achieved our major short-term goals in Iraq, and have a decent chance of achieving our long-term goals there.

By: Steve J.

Steve J. — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 07:07:21 +0000

richard mcenroe:"It is an incontrovertible fact that WMD was not the sole casus belli voted on." True and 3 out of 4 have been falsified: ?The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. government bureaucracy we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on which was weapons of mass destruction as the core reason. There have always been three fundamental concerns. One is weapons of mass destruction, the second is support for terrorism, the third is the criminal treatment of the Iraqi people. Actually I guess you could say there's a fourth overriding one which is the connection between the first two.The third one by itself, as I think I said earlier, is a reason to help the Iraqis but it's not a reason to put American kids' lives at risk, certainly not on the scale we did it. That second issue about links to terrorism is the one about which there's the most disagreement within the bureaucracy." Paul Wolfowitz's interview w/ Vanity Fair: Link

By: Mr.Zeitgeist

Mr.Zeitgeist — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 05:00:55 +0000

It is also interesting to note that Senator Ku Klux Byrd proudly portrayed Confederate General Paul J. Semmes (a slave-owner from Georgia)in the recent Civil War movie, “Gods and Generals”. There’s a long scene in which he’s singing “The Bonnie Blue Flag”, along with Ted Turner. Imagine the hue and cry if Trent Lott had done that!

By: Wallace

Wallace — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:20:31 +0000

Not to mention that he is also the Pork King of the U.S. Congress. No telling how much of the taxpayers dollars he has syphoned off in useless drivel.

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:30:04 +0000

Bruce G over at Little Green Footballs had the perfect description of Condi’s anklebiters: “The Kleagle and the beagle, the boozer and the loser.”

By: PeterUK

PeterUK — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:20:49 +0000

Off Topic, but a book by BBC staffers proves that some of the current sceptics formerly believed Iraq had WMD.http://highway99.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_highway99_archive.html#110438775416021585

Intersting are the comments about pesticides,tons of which have been found in that “green and pleasant land”

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:07:00 +0000

Now that I think about it, sending this malignant cracker to clean out Third World toilets is an insult to dysentery…