Mark Steyn: Terminator or girlie man

The Spectator (U.K.) ^ | 07/31/04 | Mark Steyn

[Pokey78]

[Remole]

Steyn: "Right now cowboy Bush is leaving Sudan to the metrosexuals and what have they got to show for their projection of ‘soft power’? Tens of thousands of corpses that no amount of cologne will hide the smell of."

Man, that's harsh--and funny.

[goldstategop]

Yes, they think we're too soft and decadent to defend our way of life and 3,000 dead Americans are just a momentary diversion from the pursuit of a life of ease and comfort. I mean we can't even agree on the values that bind us as a country. If we can't defeat the enemy at home, there's scant chance we'll defeat the enemy menacing us from abroad.

[carton253]

The master! Not only written with great style, but absolutely spot on why the war must continue.

[goldstategop]

The metrosexuals will abandon the field to the jihadists. Now THAT's harsh and funny.

[jwalburg]

Had President Kerry been in office on 9/11, I’ve no doubt there would have been far more UN resolutions, and joint declarations, and beaming faces announcing great progress at Nato summits, and G8, and EU and Apec. But Saddam would still be in power, and so would the Taleban, and no doubt in the latter case, under an agreement brokered by Kerry special envoy Jimmy Carter, Washington would be bankrolling the regime in return for ‘pledges’ to ‘phase out’ the terrorist training camps.

Voters need to think about this.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Girly-men" = effete snobs

An accurate description of both "Johns" and Europeans in general.

[Mr. Mojo]

I don’t pretend to know all the ins and outs of this phrase, but it seems safe to say that one sure sign you are a girlie man is that when you’re called one, you whine humourlessly about it.

lol....yup.

[evad]

I dunno if it's soccer moms, gun totin' moms or school marms, one thing is for sure ....it FEMALE.

If TEAM Bush doesn't find a way to win 50% of the female vote, we'll go down just like we did twice with the toon.

[Carolinamom]

Every word above is a hammer on the anvil of truth.

[Mr. Mojo]

Parag Khanna of the Brookings Institution argues that Europe is ‘the world’s first metrosexual superpower’

Metrosexual, yes. Superpower, not quite.

[goldstategop]

A lot of riddled female bodies may make the difference. We suffered only one 9/11 so a lot of Americans are under the illusion it was a freak, a one time thing. Perhaps four years under John F*ckin' will wake voters up from their complacency. We shall see.

[wjcsux]

Great read!

[Rummyfan]

As I wrote back in 2001, the Islamists have made a bet — that we’re too soft and decadent to see this through to the finish. This November, one way or another, they’ll get their answer.

Thanks Pokey. As usual Steyn nails it - these idiots who want to take a break from the war are dangerous. I'll be praying every Sunday from now through November 2nd that we win this election. We cannot afford a jackass like Kerry and the 'progressives' he would place in State and Defense in a time of war.

[Paul_B]

Superb. Clever and deeply insightful. Our damned celebrity culture that promotes this garbage is going to destroy us.

[Mr. Mojo]

what defines metrosexuals isn’t that they’re gay or straight but that they’re in love with themselves: it’s a cult of narcissism. And so is geopolitical metrosexuality. You look great, you feel great, but you do nothing.

Damn is that spot on.

[Billthedrill]

Europe’s 60,000-troop Rapid Reaction Force will soon be ready to deploy around the world ...

BAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Good Godamighty, I could write half-a-dozen humor columns around this one screamer. Sure it will be, as long as the Brits are willing to carry the EU's water for it. I'm not entirely certain they'll be willing to put up with doing the dying while the lordly M. Chirac tells them what they're doing wrong.

What is frightening is that for the most part Osama bin Laden's strategic assessment of Europe's willingness to respond was, point by point, absolutely correct. The EU should be careful what it asks for - the only thing scarier than the world with the United States running amok is the world without it.

[metesky]

A good one from start to finish.

[NonValueAdded]

that's worth repeating:

Had President Kerry been in office on 9/11, I’ve no doubt there would have been far more UN resolutions, and joint declarations, and beaming faces announcing great progress at Nato summits, and G8, and EU and Apec. But Saddam would still be in power, and so would the Taleban, and no doubt in the latter case, under an agreement brokered by Kerry special envoy Jimmy Carter, Washington would be bankrolling the regime in return for ‘pledges’ to ‘phase out’ the terrorist training camps. The senator gives no indication that he’s up to the challenges of the age.

And doesn't that bankroll statement describe exactly how the Clinton administration handled North Korea? We hear a small whine now and then about "why didn't GWB invade NK instead?" but it is a small whine since the answer is "Clinton let them build the bomb."

Kerry must not be allowed near the White House.