Posted on 04/22/2003 4:54:43 AM PDT by Beenliedto
Poor Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity, a radio talk-show host and Fox News whiner, has a one-rut mind. Every criticism or dissent, no matter what the subject, the topic or the source, is a left-wing attack against his hero, George W. Bush.
Well, what can you expect from an immature groupie? Every time he tries to think, his face reflects the pain of the effort. But he really showed his emptiness recently when he said that criticism of the United States failing to guard the Iraqi National Museum was you guessed it just left-wing soreheads who are mad that President Bush's war has been so successful.
Give me a break. That museum is one of the five greatest museums on Earth. It contained treasures that are the heritage of mankind. There are 140,000 U.S. military personnel in Iraq. We've protected all the oil fields, north and south. Do you really believe we couldn't have spared two fire teams to guard the irreplaceable artifacts of the beginnings of Western civilization? Of course we could have. Somebody just goofed.
This is not a left/right, liberal/conservative issue. It's not a question of patriots versus traitors, as the morons among the neoconservative crowd try to paint every human being who refuses to click his heels and salute their guru, Richard Perle, and their emperor, George Bush. This is a cultural issue. Three great treasures the museum, the National Library and the largest collection of Koranic writings in the world were looted and burned. Since we had destroyed the Iraqi government, it was our responsibility to protect them.
I don't blame President Bush. I'm sure he's unaware of their existence. After all, he brags about not reading. But what would we say if the crowds who have rioted in Washington in the past had been allowed to loot and burn the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress? Do you think we would have accepted an excuse that there weren't enough cops to protect those two treasures?
One hates to disillusion the permanently adolescent among us, but this tiny sliver of life in which we are participating is a dot on a long line of human civilization. One day, we will be as forgotten as the Assyrians, and hopefully some museum will have artifacts from our brief stay on the stage of history.
There is a definitely a whiff of anti-intellectualism so characteristic of fascist states in the air. Beware of bully boys who worship the military and scoff at museums and libraries. Beware of people whose limited brains see everyone as either an ally or an enemy. Beware of people who can't tell the difference between patriotism and military conquest. Beware of people so stupid and ignorant that they accept anything and everything the political and the media demagogues tell them.
Thomas Jefferson, who would have been outraged by the loss of the museum and the library, said, "Those who expect to be ignorant and free expect what never was and never will be." Amen cubed.
I'm no longer concerned about liberals or conservatives, leftists or rightists. I just pray to God for a non-ideologue with a three-digit IQ. If we don't elevate the level of intelligence and integrity of our government, we are going to end up floating on the cesspool of history.
As for anyone being disappointed that the war was conducted rapidly and successfully, that's bull. I was opposed to the war, but I'm damned glad it was quick and there were as few casualties as there have been. Every anti-war person I know of or have read feels the same way. You have to be a really sick puppy to imagine that anyone would want to see Americans die just because they disagree with the policy that put them in harm's way. Let me spell it out for the mentally impaired: People are anti-war because they do not wish to see anyone die our soldiers, their soldiers, our civilians or their civilians. Anti-war is pro-life.
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Not the heritage of the Iraqi people, you donkey, the heritage of the civilized world!
For your edification, it is highly questionable for you to even refer to an Iraqi heritage since Iraq is, historically speaking, a practically "brand new" country, invented by the Brits at the end of WWI.
Also for your edification, that's when they were in charge of world reorganization instead of just Junior Asst to GWB.
They pretty much layed out a blueprint for future conflict if not disaster. But I'm sure George will do a much better job. (/sarcasm).
Wrong. What Sean Hannity's face reflects are his feelings. He is probably the most honest guy out there. It is darn refreshing to see and hear him and know that he believes what he says and does not spin. Would you really prefer a Clinton who can arrange his face according to what he wants you to think (remember the "tears" at Ron Brown's funeral?)?
I disagree with Sean about the importance of the artifacts, yet I agree with him that it truly was not a top priority for us at the time. It is a shame, and hopefully we can recover the most important ones.
And as for railing angainst the anti-intellectualism of some of our leaders, just remember that thinking deep does not get anything done. Look at Jimmuh Carter.
What? We can't have a nice, decent, hard-working guy on our team? I agree there are very few of that breed on the opposiing team; I think we need more like Sean.
You're right of course.
It should long ago have been made part of our National Park System. (/sarcasm).
Vivid word picture and right on. Sean is like nothing more than a huge, White House trained parrot.
He must have a big a$$ to be able to pull stuff like this out of it! There's no justification for this statement whatsoever.
I'd rather be called an elephant.
OK, if you want, I'll rephrase my question: "Why is it responsibility of the US military to protect and defend the heritage of of the civilized world!"
Why does it fall to the US military? Since you seem so incredibly upset with the term: "Iraqi people" and "Iraqi heritage" then how is it that the items once belonging to the past cultures that existed in that region, now inhabited by the Iraqi people worth the life of a US soldier when the very same people don't give a fig about it? The Japanese, the Germans never looted their musuems after WWII?
We Americans have enormous pride in our cultural heritage. BUT, if the unthinkable happened, if there were looting here (say the National Archives), by the local people here, and that looting were successful, then the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence would at that moment, cease to be important documents. They would be pieces of parchment and nothing more.
A clay pot ican be a clay pot or a hallmark of the Assaryian Empire. If the locals regard it only as a clay pot to be smashed, then why should the life of one American be endangered because of it?
If he was responding to a specific person's thought process, it wasn't necessarily an ad hominem attack. What if I said that the moon was made of green cheese? Would you engage me in argument, or would you simply call me an idiot? It's one thing to call someone an idiot because you disagree with them. It's another to call them an idiot for saying and/or thinking something totally stupid. The later is not an ad hominem attack; it is a description.
I think his point was that the media never mentions this and he simply wants to make Byrd accountable for his own actions. This is descriptive and not a personal attack, as Byrd was actually a KKK member. Now if Byrd only said something that Hannity deemed racist, and used this term, then yes, I would agree with you. In that case it would be a personal attack.
When he made sense he was appreciated. I've only skimmed his rantings here, as it is littered with out and out lies. (President Bush brags he doesn't read? What a lie.)
It appears to me Reese is the one with a reading problem, else he'd be aware of more facts regarding fakes, inside jobs, etc. He seems under the false impression that all of these priceless objects were sitting in the museum on the day our troops arrived in Baghdad.
I'll not comment on his adolescent (he has the nerve to apply the term to those he dislikes? What a joke) comments regarding Sean Hannity.
Reese has been revealed as a world class clymer.
You see, George W. Bush understands---truly understands--the value of culture and such more than Reese could ever dream to.
Yet Reese fancies himself superior in the ways of the world and has Bush pegged as a hick. How wrong and contemptible Reese is for taking the path he has chosen. Sad, really.
Bull. Anti-war is often enough Anti-American; the Salon editor being only the tip of the iceberg. Many of them would love to see death in the abstract; if the death of American power and autonomy requires that real people die, then so be it.
Reese, OTOH, is just your run of the mill Anti-Semite. Whats bad for the Jews is good for Charly Reese.
Look, one needn't be on the left to think the looting was a tragedy. Truth is conservatives value history and artifacts more. It's the tiresome pointing of blame at the U.S. for "not protecting" what wasn't even there anymore that is the problem.
It contained treasures during what period can you state with certainty.
My opinion is the items were long gone before we were in Baghdad. So how is it our fault they're gone?
As usual, though, we'll lead the charge to find them and restore them to a place where all can benefit. And we'll get small thanks for that.
Even worse, had we been there guarding the place, our servicemen and women would be blamed for the "missing" items....
No, it was the heritage of the Iraqi people, and they themselves destroyed it. What's more, contrary to intitial media reports and criticism, it was a coordinated plot by insiders and employees, premeditated and totally beyond our control to prevent
Are you sure you have not embelished his quote a little? He was making the comparison to lives we had liberated and saved.
As it is, my memory not so good. If "everyone" loved this antisemetic freakshow " few short months ago" I wouldn't have been posting here then. Do you have a link of an article of his from the beginning of the year to back up your unqualififed statement?
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