Mark Steyn: We tried appeasement once before...

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 03/23/04 | Mark Steyn

[maica]

Indeed, with friends like the Europeans, we Americans and our Israeli friends certainly don't need enemies.

Most Americans, outside the salons of NY, DC and Hollywood, understand this. Let's hope (and work toward) that most Americans vote next November.

[SquirrelKing]

Good stuff. Thanks again, Pokey.

[Lurker]

We should all be worried about what's going on.

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[RottiBiz]

Another great Steyn.

"Neville Again" Bump!

Appreciate the pings very much.

[JohnHuang2]

More than welcome, my friend. Steyn's in a league all his own. God bless him.

[blackie]

Big Mark Steyn ~ Bump!

[foreshadowed at waco]

How did a pledge to the memory of the dead decay into hollow moral preening?

This line made tears come to my eyes...it's the truth...the hollow moral preening of the left on the Iraq War infuriates me to no end...the removal of the Hussein clan from power means that the Iraqi people have a shot at leading lives of dignity in lieu of fear and despair...the Hussein dynasty is dead...no more flesh shredders working overtime, no more gouging out of the eyes of infants to subdue their parents, no more raping of school girls by the psycho son...I am proud of this country and our armed forces for smashing this regime so like Hitler's Gestapo and SS...a dark and demonic force dragged out into the light and the left turns away and calls Bush a terrorist...what willful morons.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[kesg]

This guy is consistently excellent.

[Starve The Beast]

Steyn is the master... I am not worthy to read such wit!

Deep down, I feel that way every time I read one of his columns. As a Freeper said recently, it's getting harder and harder to come up with fresh praise for this guy.

[Starve The Beast]

And yet, the Greens were okay with keeping him in power. Why?

Qwinn, we are of one mind on this. Early on, the environmental movement was about the environment. In the 70's and 80's, it was first infiltrated and then completely taken over by the anticorporate Left. It is now only peripherally concerned with environmental issues.

Spend a few minutes listening to a Green Party candidate or spokesman. Notice the steady diatribe against corporations and 'the Rich'. You can listen to entire speeches where the environment is not mentioned at all.

[Qwinn]

"Spend a few minutes listening to a Green Party candidate or spokesman. Notice the steady diatribe against corporations and 'the Rich'. You can listen to entire speeches where the environment is not mentioned at all."

*nod*

And it's really funny when you see socialists and Greens gather at the same event.

First the socialist grabs the megaphone:

"Down with the capitalist corporate burgeousis and their rape of the sweat and labor of the proletariat!"

Then the Green grabs the megaphone

"Down with the capitalist corporate polluters and their rape of the habitat of the gray-speckled wood owl!"

Qwinn