[Sub-Driver]

Mark nails it again.....

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I truly wish I could write like this guy...Kofe would express his "deep concern"...ROFL..

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Bump for later.

[NewMediaFan]

Great article!

[hershey]

Mark Steyn takes no prisoners. Bush should change the subject every time Prince Charles opens his foolish mouth about Islam. Calling Clinton a 'novelty act between the Cold War and the New War' is hilarious, but doesn't deal with the incalculable damage that man did to this country. 9/11 and its aftermath is only half of it.

[Free State Four]

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[timsbella]

This is an inbred royal who has aspirations to become a tampon in his next life. Why a decent man would lower himself to host such a laughingstock is beyond me.

But it does show Bush's Christian quality (no sarcasm intended, he suffers fools brilliantly), as brilliantly as Mark Steyn writes.

[Gritty]

BTTT

[marron]

You would think Britain could find someone proudly British to lead them as king, and you would think they could find a Christian to lead the Church of England.

They seem determined to sink into the sea, and if so they've found the right king to lead them there.

[SquirrelKing]

Hasn't found them yet...

[carton253]

Unable to go to other sites... could someone post the whole thing... thanks!

[gcruse]

"doesn't seem to get the same kick out of climbing into the old Lawrence-of-Arabia get-up for dinner with them: for His Highness, the excitement is in tents."

Oh, man. Only Steyn is this good.

[Billthedrill]

Well, Chuck's certainly entitled to his opinion, but it doesn't strike me as likely to gain a great deal of traction in the United States at the moment. For all his reputation as a simpleton, Bush turns out to have a considerably more sophisticated and nuanced take on things Arabian than the Prince does - he has, after all, taken endless flack from both sides of the aisle for his support of the Saudi royal family and has risked his political reputation and legacy for the freedom of 20-odd million persons of Arabic language if not necessarily descent. If Chuck regards that as being anti-Arab one has to wonder, in the British vernacular, if he can reliably distinguish his hat from his bum.

Bush is not so much confrontational as he is another word that has been expropriated by persons to whom it does not remotely apply: progressive. His is the drive for a progress in a world which now the left bestrides, shouting for it to halt. An odd turn of fate, actually, and one that disturbs his conservative supporters quite as much as it does his detractors on the left.

That means progress in the Middle East especially, and if it is not toward the sort of internationalist or Arab nationalist or whatever other political enthusiasm of yesterday predicted, it isn't really his fault. A left that clings to world socialism turns out to be as outdated as an Islamic fascism that clings to the precepts of the 7th century AD. Trash heap of history.

[goldstategop]

My favorite Mark Steyn quote:

Mr Bush, on the other hand, wants to remake the Middle East, reform social security, legalise illegal immigrants, drill for oil in the Arctic wilderness, etc. Whatever the merits of these positions, they are confrontational. Even many of his supporters balk at two or more of the items on that list.

It won't fit a sound-bite but it speaks of Bush trying to change things long-term so America will be better off. President Clinton was inconsequential because he desired to be popular. Bush is willing to forsake a good deal of popularity for a legacy that matters. Unlike Tampon Man from London hawking "non-confrontation" with Islam, Bush is determined to shake things up. Who would you rather have leading the Free World at such a critical time? Prince Charles and President Clinton may have their distinguishing characteristics but I hazard a guess fearlessness in the face of the present danger isn't one of them.

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")

[aculeus]

Bump.

[decal]

"Having followed the last Prince of Wales in his taste for older divorcées..."

Below the belt, but PC (an apt acronym in this case) deserves it.

"...and doesn't seem to get the same kick out of climbing into the old Lawrence-of-Arabia get-up for dinner with them: for His Highness, the excitement is in tents."

Is this after all the reason for PC's deference to the Muzzle-ems - some odd mix of Romanticism towards the Levant and guilt for how the Foreign Office bollixed things when they were the bosses there?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Having followed the last Prince of Wales in his taste for older divorcées, His Royal Highness seems to be emulating Edward VIII on the geopolitical front, too, and carelessly aligning himself with the wrong side on the central challenge of the age.

Thank God for Wallis Warfield Simpson! If she hadn't thrilled Ed the 8th into abdicating, Brits would be speaking German now.

Dear Prince Chuckie: During the last World War, your Mum volunteered, and drove trucks! So what have you done for the current war effort lately?

[kellynla]

For Pete's sakes, Chuckie it's the 21st Century, doff the kilt, find a dentist while you're in America and go get a friggin' job!

We don't need some has-been "royalty" coming here telling us how to treat murdering muslims!
Chuckie, you clowns lost the revolution in America!
The Brit "Empire" is dead.
Get over it!
LMAO