Is war a place for a tofu president? (One of Pruden's Best)

Washington Times ^ | April 13, 2004 | Wesley (Take-No-Prisoners) Pruden

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Britain, alas, may one day be part of the European Union, but the good news is that you probably can't make Europeans out of Englishmen.

The spaniels nip at Tony Blair's ankles just the way the terriers scratch at George W.'s shins, and the prime minister stands fast, demonstrating anew why we regard our English cousins as "the old reliables."

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A near Steynesque column from the aptly named (by G. Gordon Liddy) "take-no-prisoners editor of the Washington Times."

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One of his best even though he gave 1/3 of the column over to (great) Blair quotes.

Great lines:
- "...the burden of a spoiled, arrogant and self-satisfied opposition, driven by a know-it-all media and cheered on by whiners, layabouts and assorted malcontents."
- "No British prime minister nor any American president is ever again likely to enjoy the broad public support for sacrifice that earlier presidents and prime ministers could count on in times of great national peril, and we might as well get used to it."
- "He (John Kerry) might bring the troops home if he could figure out a way to do that and keep them there, too." (ZAP!)

[Skibane]

...and this gem certainly deserves an honorable mention: "If CNN's cameras and correspondents had been positioned at Omaha Beach on June 6, the pressure on FDR and Winston Churchill to negotiate a cease-fire by nightfall, 'to give peace a chance,' would have been irresistible."

[Captainpaintball]

Great article, but I have to add that the things that stuck to klinton would have stuck there anyway, without the velcro, knowwhutamean?

[upchuck]

'nuff said.

[FateAmenableToChange]

bump for later read.

[alwaysconservative]

Bump for later reading.

[happygrl]

Bravo for Tony Blair !