MARK STEYN: Bush said he'd do it ... and he did

The Sunday Telegraph ^ | April 13, 2003 | Mark Steyn

[reformed_democrat]

These same people embraced a buffoon from Arkansas with a trail of murders behind him like a gaggle of old shoes strung to a 'just married' jalopy.

What a great line! May I borrow that to use on the very next liberal I encounter?

[gcruse]

Please be my guest. We also craft custom arrows of derision, on request. ;)

[Cap Huff]

Well, actually, unless things have changed a lot in the last few years, many toilets in the M.E. have no need of being flushed.

[LibertarianLiz]

Thanks, Ivan --- a Steyn bump.

Hubby and I were discussing Bush's style just the other day and I was opining that one of the reasons the media has such a hard time dealing with him is that he is a businessman.

At this point in time, most leaders seem to be career politicians or lawyers, or both. People who lie and smooze constantly. Bush is a businessman and approaches things as a businessman. He speaks in a way that is short and concise and he delegates tasks because he knows he has picked the best team and they know how to do their jobs.

Now this won't help our national media to know this, because they hate business and, in their minds, all businessmen are corrupt. But it might be instructive to them if they could just look at him, for a moment, as a businessman in terms of his style of leadership.

[Beck_isright]

I concur. But it will be a brief affair. The Syrian middle class would love to get rid of Assad and enjoy the potential wealth of an Iraqi pipeline to the Med.

[Pokey78]

You have been added.

[6ppc]

Clinton had tactics, not strategy: his inability to reach what the special prosecutor Ken Starr called "completion" extended far beyond Monica's gullet.

LOL! And absolutely on the mark!

I'm coming to the conclusion that Steyn is, by several orders of magnitude, the most astute and concise commentator in the world.

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep !

[CyberAnt]

The only reason I said I thought Assad was smarter was because he has had the opportunity to see for himself what the military of America can do. Even though we didn't really finish the war with Saddam, he perceived us to be weak or lazy or not militarily sufficient for the job. And ... he saw how x42 did war.

Assad, however, has seen a war unlike the world has ever witnessed before. A person would have to be a complete moron to go up against us. Although he may decide to do that, I agree - some of the elders may take him out and do whatever needs to be done to get the USA off their backs. I don't know what's going to happen, but I guess we'll see very soon what decision Syria makes.

I heard them talking on FOX last night that one of the ways we could get Syria's attention would be to take out Hezbollah and Hamas headquarters in the Bekah Valley.

[Renfield]

"...Bashar Assad is well-known for being about as brain-dead as any world leader in memory, and his recent actions and statements have only confirmed this reputation..."

You are quite correct. I think we should send the SEALS in to capture Bashar, lobotomize him, and turn him into an American stooge. Imagine the reaction of the Arab press.

[Cordova Belle]

I don't know....with writing like this, Strunk and White might just admire him!

I know I do. :-)

[Cordova Belle]

Would you be so kind as to add me to your ping list for Steyn? I don't want to miss any of his work from now on!

[fightinJAG]

brilliant, indeed

[ohioWfan]

Thank you for this post, Ivan! It's BRILLIANT!!

(Has that been said before?? :o)

[PGalt]

Outstanding article. Thanks for posting it.

[Pokey78]

Done!

[Tax-chick]

A true genius is an exception to principles intended for the average! Strunk and White can make crummy writing good, but couldn't improve Mark Steyn. (Although he could ditch the Monica references; I have a weak stomach!)

[Jen]

Great article! Thanks for the ping. I miss you Spookie!!!

[PogySailor]

Another outstanding article by Mr. Steyn!

[Huck]

Steyn bttt