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The Willingness to Fight

2.13.03 @ 12:01AM

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When the U.S. defeats the Bozo from Baghdad, our troops will discover solid evidence that Germany, France, and probably China have sold the dictator the materials he required to manufacture and field an arsenal of WMD. But when the U.S. has this information, it won't, as usual, do anything serious about it and, therefore, our "Allies" who betrayed us will pay no price whatsoever.

The precedence for "forgiveness" was established after Gulf War I when the U.S. did not do anything serious to punish Germany for helping Iraq manufacture WMD. Moreover, the U.S. hasn't taken any serious steps to handle the threats our country faces from the regimes of Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, so why does anyone expect this country to punish France and Germany? We won't expel Germany and France from NATO for disrupting the Alliance and thwarting legitimate efforts to safeguard the American people from obvious terrorists threats.

Moreover, when solid evidence is discovered that the U.N.'s "leadership" has been accepting bribes from Saddam to give him high cover in his quest to acquire WMD, we'll meekly accept this perfidy and continue to fund this despicable organization's existence instead of creating a new world organization, one for democracies only -- dictators need not apply.

The U.S. government won't get serious about the safety of its citizens and the survival of our country and its democratic institutions until the bad guys, with a little help from our German, French, and other "Allies," get lucky and kill millions of our people. And in case someone says, "Hey, wait a minute, what about the Department of Homeland Security? Isn't that an example of getting serious?" I'll answer, "You don't win a war on terrorism by sitting on your duff on the defense. You win it by taking the offensive."

This country was off to a good start when we booted the Taliban and Osama out of Afghanistan, but since then we haven't done a heck of a lot except on the periphery of the terror front in places like Yemen. If we finally oust Saddam, and I think we finally will, the U.S. will gain the initiative again. But if we don't boot the Syrians out of Lebanon and thwart Iran's quest, with Russia's help, to field a nuclear arsenal, the bad guys may triumph in the end.

After all, I agree that the evidence suggests that Iraq is beginning to work in tandem with our terrorist foes, but the U.S. has known for many, many, years that Iran is the fulcrum of terror in the world and Syria is one of the Tehran's sharpest tools.
-- Mike Slater

FROZEN SOLID LEFT
Re: Jeremy Lott's Pounding Ploughshares Into Swords:

What Mr. Lott has failed to note (or just simply mention), is that the rest of the establishment media leans far left. And, from experience (I am a Canadian) what passes for balance in the frozen socialist provinces up north leans so far to the left that it makes the lefties down here look like hawks!
-- Wes Hull

OPPOSED ONE CAN SUPPOSE
Re: Lawrence Henry's The Youngest Kingmaker:

FYI: John Kerry did not run unopposed in 2000. The Libertarian Party put up a total unknown. Kerry only got 80% of the vote, and the other 20% (myself included) voted for what's-his-name. I would vote for Elmer Fudd before Kerry.
-- Mary Daly

ATTN: McCAIN-FEINGOLD
Re: The Washington Prowler's The Pelosian Guard:

The Prowler reports: "When all the numbers are added up, Pelosi may be budgeting as much as $1 million for communications advice, speechwriting and media relations. And just for her. "

If any or all of this is paid for by us, the taxpayers, it's a crime. This type of spending has nothing to do with the day to day operations of the House and should be paid for by the political parties.
-- Greg Barnard
Franklin, TN

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