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Ann Coulter: If at First You Don't Appease -- Cry, Cry Again
HUMAN EVENTS ^ | 04/04/2007 | Ann Coulter

Posted on 04/04/2007 6:31:57 PM PDT by neverdem

In light of the increasing noise from the fifth column in America, it is a serious question whether President Bush would have the will to deploy military force even to stop a deadly serious threat to the United States.

I'm speaking, of course, of Darfur.

Saddam's barbaric rape rooms, chemical attacks and torture -- those, liberals could live with. But now they want us to send troops to Darfur, a country from which no one anticipates terrorism anytime in the next millennium. If you're looking for a good definition of "no imminent threat," Darfur is it. The climate change "emergency," set to start taking effect sometime during the next century, is a more imminent threat to the United States than Darfur.

These people can't even wrap up genocide. We've been hearing about this slaughter in Darfur forever -- and they still haven't finished. The aggressors are moving like termites across that country. It's like genocide by committee. Who's running this holocaust in Darfur, FEMA?

This is truly a war in which we have absolutely no interest. But liberals want our boys to go fight scimitar-wielding dervishes. While the Democrats hold pointless hearings into what George Bush had for breakfast, Republicans should pass a law prohibiting liberals from mentioning Darfur until Horace Mann and Dalton are prepared to put up a battalion.

So no, Darfur is not the threat I was imagining.

I haven't even told you what that threat is -- though a hostage-taking, Holocaust-denying lunatic who doesn't own a necktie but is within two years of having a nuclear bomb comes to mind. You can already hear Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi saying, "If the Democrats were in charge, the use of military force wouldn't be necessary because we'd constructively engage them and appease their stated desire to kill us."

Damn that Bush! He's made people who hate our guts not like us.

In uplifting thought No. 57 about the war, liberals keep telling us that Iraqis are genetically indisposed to freedom, which I would characterize as the hard bigotry of low expectations. On this week, let us remember the message of Passover is that freedom doesn't come easy.

Moses had to grab Jews by the scruff of their necks and drag them to the desert for 40 years to get a generation capable of living in freedom -- and even then the Jews were complaining about it being too drafty. The first "stiff-necked" generation didn't even want to leave Egyptian captivity.

Once free, they complained about the food, which apparently compared unfavorably to the food back in Egypt. Kind of reminds you of liberals talking about Saddam's rape rooms.

Even in the desert, the Jews would not stop with the golden calves. God nearly let the whole lot of them perish in the desert, he was so angry about their idolatrous ways. Only when he had a new generation, born in freedom, that didn't complain about the food, did he lead them to the promised land. For you liberals still reading, this is all extensively covered in a book known as the "Bible."

(Also this week, we celebrate a fast-track to freedom that doesn't require 40 years in the desert, but as I recall, the suggestion that we convert Muslims to Christianity was shot down early on in this war.)

If you want a shorter rebuilding process, then we're going to have to wage less humane wars. The enemy -- as well as innocent civilians -- must be bombed into quivering terror. Otherwise, we displace aggression but don't destroy it.

Americans are weaker for having seen that kind of carnage in World War II. Recall that the Worst Generation was raised by the Greatest Generation. That tells you how awful war is. The Greatest Generation was so exhausted by the war, it didn't have the spine to stand up to pot-smoking, draft-dodging hippies occupying administration buildings. But enough about Bill Clinton. If we're going to have humane wars, they are going to take a little bit longer.

That wouldn't be so bad, except that it gives fifth columnists more time to demoralize Americans and convince them that we are losing a war in the paramount struggle of our time.


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anncoulter; darfur; iran; iraq

1 posted on 04/04/2007 6:32:01 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

oops..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812086/posts


2 posted on 04/04/2007 6:40:29 PM PDT by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: neverdem

Yes! Pull our troops out now so we can send the Nukes in!


3 posted on 04/04/2007 6:41:09 PM PDT by takeemout (Doing my part to be Carbon Positive)
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To: neverdem

Classic Ann.. would that I were that articulate!
I am that funny sometimes! (sure!)


4 posted on 04/04/2007 6:41:18 PM PDT by acapesket (never had a vote count in all my years here)
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To: neverdem
Only when he had a new generation, born in freedom, that didn't complain about the food, did he lead them to the promised land.

Just so. Paradigm changes seldom result from changing minds which are already set in their ways. sometimes you just have to hold on, if you can, till a new generation grow up.

5 posted on 04/04/2007 6:44:19 PM PDT by FairWitness
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To: neverdem

BTTT


6 posted on 04/04/2007 6:52:29 PM PDT by sarasmom
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To: FairWitness

If you want a shorter rebuilding process, then we’re going to have to wage less humane wars. The enemy — as well as innocent civilians — must be bombed into quivering terror. Otherwise, we displace aggression but don’t destroy it.


A reality that has been totally lost on spineless politicians and not even remotely comprehended by “peace at any price” cowardly leftists.


7 posted on 04/04/2007 6:53:17 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: neverdem

Excellent article.


8 posted on 04/04/2007 7:01:27 PM PDT by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: neverdem
Americans are weaker for having seen that kind of carnage in World War II. Recall that the Worst Generation was raised by the Greatest Generation. <<

Luv ya Annie...but...some of that worst generation saw a lil shit too....Kill ‘em all and let God sort them out...prolly ain’t the right answer as we approach Easter.....Other then that...U Go Girl!

9 posted on 04/04/2007 7:07:14 PM PDT by M-cubed (Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
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To: M-cubed

I don’t think the generation that fought the Veitnam war is the generation that lost it. In fact, the the movers and shakers of the Vietnam era were the vets of WWII.

Ann’s brush is a liitle broad but she’s still top 3.


10 posted on 04/04/2007 7:21:42 PM PDT by KyHammer ( If they say they want you dead, believe it.)
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To: xcamel

Thanks for the link. The search software is working. It differentiated between a dash and a semicolon between appease and cry. Human Events didn’t like the semicolon.


11 posted on 04/04/2007 7:29:36 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: Flora McDonald

Let’s call Ann and see if she’ll meet us for drinks in CH? LOL!


12 posted on 04/04/2007 8:08:03 PM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: KyHammer

Good point. I think Ann was referring to the Kerrys and the Fondas, but without the McNamaras, there would be no Kerrys and Fondas.


13 posted on 04/04/2007 8:14:51 PM PDT by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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To: Berosus; Cincinatus' Wife; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; Fedora; ..
Damn that Bush! He's made people who hate our guts not like us.
LOL!
14 posted on 04/04/2007 8:44:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Monday, April 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: neverdem
This is truly a war in which we have absolutely no interest. But liberals want our boys to go fight scimitar-wielding dervishes...certainly - so that when things aren't neatly wrapped up within three months they can hold more peace marches and further vilify Bush as a warmonger - their playbook never changes......
15 posted on 04/04/2007 8:55:51 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: neverdem
Recall that the Worst Generation was raised by the Greatest Generation. That tells you how awful war is. The Greatest Generation was so exhausted by the war, it didn't have the spine to stand up to pot-smoking, draft-dodging hippies occupying administration buildings.

I've been saying this for a long time.

16 posted on 04/05/2007 2:03:17 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: neverdem
If you want a shorter rebuilding process, then we're going to have to wage less humane wars.

The enemy -- as well as innocent civilians -- must be bombed into quivering terror. Otherwise, we displace aggression but don't destroy it

Total demoralization and decimation is the only way to win this......Hell its the only way to get their attention, they understand nothing else.

17 posted on 04/05/2007 2:33:08 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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