[dighton]

Saddamfreude Watch

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Even if we are 100 percent successful, even if we restore Iraqi prosperity and install a Thomas Jefferson who speaks Arabic, all it will mean for the American people is that we will be poorer than we were before we spent all that blood and treasure. The Iraqi people might be better off, but we won't be.

So stability in the Middle East is of no consequence to Americans?

Theodore R. might want to pull his head out of his exit orifice and take a look at the real world for a few minutes.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I meant Charlie Reese. Your attribution was confusing.

[jbstrick]

This guy is a short-sighted idiot

[ChadGore]

Doesn't mean much ???

This former socialist dictator, Butcher of Baghdad, The Dear Leader, The Glorious Leader, Direct Descendant of the Prophet, the Lion of Babylon, Anointed One, the Father of the Two Lion Cubs, the Anointed One, the Successor of Nebuchadnezzar, chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, field marshall of its armies, doctor of its laws, great uncle to all its peoples, the Modern Saladin of Islam had been brought low, forced to bow down, Run to ground, whisked away to an "undisclosed location" to contemplate his fate while waiting to stand trial for his vast crimes against humanity.

[Cicero]

It's definitely time for Charlie Reese to drop all this nonsense and find something to write about that he understands. He is so obsessed, he sounds like Charlie One Note.

[Bob Mc]

Yeah, I know what you mean. Just like nothing really changed after Hitler or Stalin or Mao were all dead.

What an idiot.

[Snake65]

Americans were conned into believing Saddam had something to do with the Sept. 11 attacks, that he amassed weapons of mass destruction, and that he had ties to international terrorists. None of that has proven to be true

I want whatever he's smoking. The only one where there's still some doubt is the Sept 11 links. The rest are true beyond a shadow of a doubt.

[tbpiper]

Charlie doen't keep up with current events very well, does he?

[Grampa Dave]

Here is a voice of sanity versus the insanity of al Qaeda Charlie:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1045994/posts

Why I'm voting for Bush (Former NYC Mayor, Democrat Ed Koch)
Jewish World Review ^ | Dec. 24, 2003 | Edward I. Koch


Posted on 12/24/2003 5:48:34 AM PST by SJackson


Last week I served as moderator of a forum on the contributions to America's intellectual life made by Eric Breindel who died in 1998 at the age of 42. At the time of his death, Eric was editorial page editor of the New York Post.

In its report on the forum, The New York Sun stated: "Mr. Koch told the crowd Wednesday night that he would vote for President Bush, entirely on the basis of his concern for embattled Israel."

I don't believe that is what I said. To the best of my recollection, my impromptu remarks mirrored what I have been saying for over a year.

I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism. There is no greater threat to the United States than that posed by Al-Qaeda and similar groups. President Bush has confronted that threat head on.

After 9/11, the President announced the Bush Doctrine, which in my opinion rivals in importance the Monroe Doctrine which barred foreign imperialism in the Western Hemisphere, and the Truman Doctrine which sought to contain Communism around the world. The Bush Doctrine, simply stated by the President before a joint session of Congress, is "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them." The President has applied that doctrine in Afghanistan and Iraq and has put other countries on notice that he will do so elsewhere, if necessary.

Of course, there are many other important foreign and domestic issues facing Americans. I do not agree with the President on any major domestic issue, ranging from tax relief to the recently-enacted Medicare prescription drug law. But these concerns pale in comparison with the problem of international terrorism. It is the primary responsibility of government to provide for our physical safety. A president who does not realize this puts all of us at the mercy of fanatics who would not hesitate to use conventional and non-conventional weapons with the aim of killing as many innocents as possible. The United States, of course, is not the only country victimized by terrorism. That list is growing and now includes Turkey, Russia, India, Malaysia, Ireland, Israel and Colombia, to name a few.

I do not believe the major contenders for the presidential nomination in the Democratic primaries have the stomach to confront the terrorist scourge comparable to President Bush. This is especially true of the current Democratic frontrunner, Howard Dean, whose stated reason for entering the race is his opposition to the war. Most of the other candidates who were in Congress and voted for the war resolution are now tacking to the wind to satisfy the left-wing constituency, hoping if they win to move to the center before the general election. The exception is Joe Lieberman, whom most observers believe has no chance of winning the nomination.


Excerpted - click for full article ^
Source: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1203/koch.html

[stop_fascism]

he's a tired, worn-out old geezer

Takes one to know one. Poor Charlie, the fall of Saddam is not good for his beloved pali terrorists.

[ChadGore]

Re: I guess there's something wrong with my psyche, but whether Iraq is a democracy or a dictatorship doesn't matter in the least to me. [snip]I'm only interested in the welfare of the American people.

ISOLATIONIST !

[wayoverontheright]

This war has been a bamboozle job from the start. Americans were conned into believing Saddam had something to do with the Sept. 11 attacks, that he amassed weapons of mass destruction, and that he had ties to international terrorists. None of that has proven to be true,....

And none of this HAS to be true for the success in Iraq to lead to the defeat of terror.

We were attacked on 9-11 because of an extreme deficiency of respect, not an abundance of hatred. Although effectively hated by the entire Middle East, the attack would never have occurred if the enemy knew the response was going have the humiliating consequences for them it has had.

We have regained respect, we have achieved the humiliation factor which Victor Davis Hanson has pointed out must be achieved to win any peace, we are laying the groundwork for instilling FEAR within our enemies, and we are now seeing the final stage, CAPITULATION, to begin in the form of Qaddafi's, Iran's, and Korea's making nice with us.

[Redcloak]

Charley's little choo-choo continues to go chugging around the bend.

[arasina]

From the Bethlehem Association's July convention in Orlando:

The guest speaker at Friday evening's hafleh was Charley Reese, a Southern columnist, just retired from the Orlando Sentinel. After an eloquent and enthusiastic introduction by MC Muna Handal who also knows his work, he gave a very sympathetic and outspoken speech on the need to tell the truth about what Israel and her supporters have been getting away with regard to the Palestinians. We first read Charley Reese's article through various e-mails sent us by others so we felt extremely lucky to have him as our guest speaker. It is cheering to hear an American speak so forcefully and persuasively on the whole issue. He urged us to keep writing to the media who will listen in the end.

What Israel "gets away with?" Sorry, Charlie. You took the Pali bait hook, line and sinker.