Mayor Rudy Giuliani offered an interesting anology to the war on terrorism on Imus this morning (I am paraphrasing from pre-coffee memory). Giuliani said that it was like the battle against organized crime, the government couldn't take on all the crime families at once, they were too well financed and entrenched, they brought them down a family or organization at a time until they had all the capos, and finally the di Capo di tutti, that it was an ongoing struggle that would require constant vigilance.
This why it is so important that we keep the team we have in place until the key terrorist organizations are eliminated and sponsoring regimes deposed or decapitated. We must make sheltering, arming and/or funding terrorists too punitive to contemplate. That millions of Arabs will be free to create their own government and a better future is a benefit for the civilized world. This is an underlying truth that the Dems and Euroweasels are beginning to realize and will not be successful in thwarting. A free Iraq is the genie that escaped the bottle of Arabic despotism and tyranny... just as Poland's rebellion was the bellweather event that signalled the fall of the Soviet empire...there's no going back.
My choices in this week's New Weblog Showcase understand that we are on the brink of success with Iraq...we must not elect a president who would retreat from the battle of civilizations just as we've begun to turn the tide.
Um...so that's what it is about Dean...read the whole piece... the illustrative photos are a hoot... Patrick Spero is high on my short list of this weeks best.
Angry Howie and "the point"My parents always taught me pointing was rude. I agree with them. I don't point at people and I know I don't like it when people point at me.
Since then, I have read politicians are trained not to point when speaking publicly because it gives them an air of arrogance and anger.
Well I have to admit it. I cannot stand Howard Dean. I disagree with him on virtually all of his current policy positions, but that is the case with many other politicians who I enjoy listening to. So what is it about Dean?
It's well-know Dean has tapped into the Angry Left and he himself seems to be fuelled by a hatred of all-things Republican. That might be it, but I don't think so because I am friends with many Bush-haters.
Looking through some pictures of Dean I think I realized what it is about him. It is his tendency to point.
Dan K. O'Leary gets it...in spades.
Bush, Saddam, and Howard Dean"With Saddam apprehended, we still need to deal with the threats at home. Namely, Howard Dean. As Joe Lieberman said, "If Howard Dean had his way, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today, not in prison, and the world would be a more dangerous place." We must be vigilant the next 11 months if we are going to ensure that men like Saddam and his networks of violence and terror are to be taken down. Our national security is too valuable to be in the hands of a pacifistic liberal like Howard Dean. ".
Then there's this from Justin at My Word:
The Politics of the Lord of the Rings (scroll down to Wednesday, December 17, 2003)"The Lord of the Ring, Return of the King was released in theaters today. It is a wonderful day. I've been a fan of the books for years. Yet deep down inside I feel guilty going to a movie with a person so misguided like Viggo Mortensen. He has been an outspoken anti-american activist. He compared the US to Saruman in an interview with Charlie Rose. Comments like that to me stab to the heart. I love this country, and it saddens me that I, who am now studying theatre and acting, have to hear people of my own trade make such outrageous unfounded and hateful comments. It has become the fad in hollywood to use your status to push the lemmingesk degrading of America..."
Well. LOTR and a lemming meme?!...Bingo! My choice for this week's best is My Word...all three are fine additions to the Foolish blogroll.
Hey thanks for the vote. Nice looking site.
Posted by: Justin at December 19, 2003 10:59 PM