[Pokey78]

[Stallone]

This Steyn guy is so brilliant it HURTS!

[CyberCowboy777]

Somehow I have to get this guy in my local paper.

[copycat]

But for millions of Iraqis a monster has shrivelled away into a smelly bum too pathetic even to use his pistol to enjoy the martyrdom he urged on others.

Coward.

[Lurker]

" I've come to the conclusion that the entire international system needs to be destroyed."

Now this is some good writing.

L

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

All these institutions do is enable nickel'n'dime thugs to punch above their weights

Nails it!

[Dog Gone]

I guess Saddam hasn't urinated since April. Man, that must hurt.

[Dog]

. The western correspondents had far more mixed feelings. Oh, well. Cheer up. There'll be a new quagmire along in a minute.

Steyn at his best..

[Fintan]

Every time I read Steyn, I catch myself saying, "Gee, I wish I'd said that..."

[Yaelle]

I want to WEEP with JOY at every thought of his! If he spoke his essays in front of us, we would be giving him at least one standing ovation per sentence! I absolutely love this man and I wish I could fetch his coffee while he writes!! I'd shine his shoes, too!

He "gets" everything. It is amazing.

The fact that he is on this earth is proof, needed almost daily, that I didn't get placed on the wrong planet.

[tet68]

Steyn is putting it all into words.

. The one consistent feature of the post-9/11 era is the comprehensive failure of the international order. The French use their Security Council veto to protect Saddam. The EU subsidises Palestinian terrorism. The International Atomic Energy Agency provides cover for Iran's nuclear ambitions. The UN summit on racism is an orgy of racism.

All these institutions do is enable nickel'n'dime thugs to punch above their weights. The New York Times, sleepwalking through the 21st century on bromides from the Carter era, wants the UN to run Saddam's trial because one held under the auspices of the Americans would "lack legitimacy". Au contraire, it's the willingness of Kofi Annan, Mohammed el-Baradei, Chris Patten, Mary Robinson and the other grandees of the international clubrooms to give "legitimacy" to Saddam, Kim Jong-Il, Arafat, Assad and co that disqualifies them from any role in Iraq. I've come to the conclusion that the entire international system needs to be destroyed.

[ctonious]

Mark Steyn is a national treasure - on loan from Great Britain. His punchlines should be pasted on every bumper here in Portsmouth NH, where I'm visiting from South Carolawna. The whiplash this juxtaposition is gonna cause on these 'Rat bozos will be a pleasure to watch. Get ready for the good ol' boys Howie boy...and lose the metrosexuals on the way down.

[Tax-chick]

"How can I urinate when my people are in bondage?" is a model of sound logic compared to the latest all too pissy talking-points in Europe.

AAAAGH! I laughed so hard I thought I was going into labor! I may have to start printing out the Steyn articles so I can read them lying down ...

[Ronin]

My idea of fun? Give Mark here a club and lock him in a room with Ted Rall. I would definitely pay-per-view for that.

[xp38]

The minute I heard Saddam was captured Mark Steyn was the one person I wanted to hear analysis from. As usual he doesn't disappoint.

[sd-joe]

there's really no losing scenario in Iraq. Mr Bush may not succeed in bringing democracy to Mesopotamia, but so what? If he has to settle for a Musharraf and a big American base on the Syrian border, it's no skin off his back. But it's still better to have tried.

This needs to be said over and over. Steyn does it again.

[daviddennis]

But I think he'll wind up with something close enough to a free society in Iraq. I was mighty heartened by Paul Bremer's press conference on Sunday. He made a simple announcement – "We got him!" – and the roomful of journalists erupted in jubilant cries of "Death to Saddam!" True, this turned out to be the Iraqi journalists. The western correspondents had far more mixed feelings. Oh, well. Cheer up. There'll be a new quagmire along in a minute.

Beautiful.

Just beautiful.

D

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Saddam, of course, attempted to reclaim his stature, but, in his current position, opportunities are few and far between. In his first interrogation at Baghdad Airport, he was asked if he'd like a glass of water, and replied: "If I drink water I will have to urinate and how can I urinate when my people are in bondage?" If there's a statue left of him in Iraq, they should chisel that on the plinth. That's now the extent of his defiance: he can refuse to use the bathroom. He's the Ba'athist who won't bath. Either that or he's already put in a call to Johnnie Cochran (OJ's lawyer) or Mark Geragos (Jacko's) and they recommended he start laying the ground for his insanity defence.

Genius.

The man's a bloody genius, is all. :)

[El Conservador]

DAMN!!!

This guy is a genius!!!

Had me laughing the whole time.

This guy can sweep the floor with Eric Alterman and Maureen Dowd.

[Gritty]

Why isn't Steyn on every cable show in sight and every newspaper in the country?

Nobody writes any better nor thinks more lucidly!