Bush Shrugs off Global Anti-War Protests [The Sum of all Fears (No, not the movie)]

AP ^ | Wednesday, February 19, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is shrugging off global anti-war protests, saying his role as a leader is to put national security first and confront Saddam Hussein. Continues.

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The Sum of all Fears (No, not the movie)

They are worried. They are nervous.

Their angst these days borders on full-scale panic.

Who's 'they?' The throngs of "anti-war" protesters who hit the streets over the weekend, that's who. Beneath the sign-waving and chanting, the roaring cheers as blustery speakers denounce the U.S. and Bush's threat to topple Iraqi military dictator Saddam Hussein, was fear -- mind-numbing fear.

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The numbness had little to do with sub-freezing temperatures which swept cities and towns across the mid-Atlantic states, the Northeast and beyond, dumping mounds of snow.

No, the numbness was fright -- not Mother Nature.

"Peace" protesters curl up in horror at the thought of yet another successful U.S. war of liberation, a la Afghanistan (A.N.S.W.E.R. and other groups behind the rallies vehemently opposed ousting the Taliban after 9/11.)

They know Saddam's forces are no match against the greatest -- and most lethal -- fighting force ever known to man -- the U.S. Military. They realize Saddam's army, against computerized tanks and smart munitions, against highly motivated, exceptionally trained men-at-arms, doesn't have a snowball's chance in hades. Saddam's forces -- scruffy, ragged, bedraggled and demoralized -- will be crushed.

That's what scares the hell out of the Left. Without the hope of massive U.S. casualties quelling their anguish, they know U.S. victory is all but certain, that Saddam's days are numbered. It's why those crowds clogging the streets of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Detroit, chanting anti-U.S. slogans, so vehemently oppose the war.

Take Mary Baxter, 31, of Cambridge, Mass. The software company employee joined anti-U.S. protesters at a rally near U.N. headquarters Saturday. But don't expect her to attend any Big Apple ticker-tape parades welcoming returning U.S. soldiers flush with victory from Baghdad.

"I came to go to the rally and be a part of a global voice against going to war against Iraq," she told New York Times reporter Robert D. McFadden, whose piece, From New York to Melbourne, Protest Against War on Iraq, reads like something straight out of the Iraqi Ministry of Information.

Ms. Baxter, Bush-hater, added that "the current administration has been escalating and destabilizing things. I'm disappointed that Colin Powell is going along with Bush, Cheney and the rest of them." The problem is evil Bush, you see, not peace-loving "president" Saddam Hussein -- no way.

Then there's Angela Tsang, another one who won't be attending Welcome Home victory parades for U.S. warriors, also quoted in McFadden's report.

"We see the war against Iraq as unjust," she says, adding, "we don't believe Bush's rhetoric." Saddam, not Bush, is a "president" we can trust, you see.

Tara Good, 21, a university Student, told the New York Post how her "mother was an active peace campaigner in the past, and she would be ashamed if I didn't turn up today."

Will Ms. Good -- or any of these "protesters" -- "turn up" at victory rallies on the streets of New York, flashing 'Welcome Home' signs in a national outpouring of celebration, honoring returning U.S. troops after Desert Storm II? Er, don't go betting the farm on it.

Mike Lamson, 33, of Alameda, Calif., couldn't wait to vent his anti-U.S. spleen on the streets of downtown San Francisco Sunday, scene of yet more anti-U.S. demonstrations. "I am honestly not sure how much it does to stop a war, but at the very least it makes you feel like you are speaking your voice," he told the New York Times.

The protesters were peaceful, however. In New York, they blocked intersections, clashed with police, kicking one in the head, bashing another in the face. A total of 8 NYPD cops were injured at the hands of "peaceful" protesters. Hundreds were arrested.

The campaign to oust Saddam, a fascist dictator who gasses women and children for sport, galvanizes the Left like nothing seen since the days of Vietnam.

New York Times writer Patrick E. Tyler sees in the "new power in the streets" a reflection of public opinion, insinuating overwhelming sentiment opposing the removal of Iraqi strong-man Saddam Hussein.

The media calls groups like A.N.S.W.E.R. a portrait of middle America, as mainstream as it gets -- but is it? Well, you be the judge:

-- A.N.S.W.E.R and its allies dismiss as 'fiction' charges that military dictator Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. Americans, by overwhelming majorities, believe the opposite.

-- Favor lifting U.N. sanctions against Saddam's repressive regime without conditions -- again, a proposition only a tiny fraction of Americans would agree with.

-- Holds Bush to be illegitimate -- a thief who cheated Al Gore from the presidency -- and that Bush's real motive is to rule the world. Oh, and oil. Polls again show the fringe-of-the-fringe believe this sort of thing, but no one else.

-- Denounces the U.S. as a murderous, imperialist power, comparing it to NAZI Germany. Can't say I've seen any polls, but my gut tells me most Americans don't see their country as a murderous, imperialist power, nor draw comparisons to NAZI Germany.

-- Praises the "great Marxists of the twentieth Century" (their words). Need I say more?

Don't take my word for it. For details, check out David Horowitz's FrontPageMagazine, which Monday posted full-text a copy of a statement distributed at each demonstration. The statement originates from the World Socialist and the Socialist Equality Party.

So, how many people you know believe Saddam is innocent, want sanctions lifted without conditions, call Bush a murderous thug out to rule the world, call their country a murderous, imperialist power out to rule the world and lavish praise on the great humanitarian works of Lenin and Stalin? Patrick Tyler's buddies may talk like that, but I suspect not many of yours.

In short, A.N.S.W.E.R. and affiliates -- the main organizers of these events -- are no more "mainstream" than the Ku Klux Klan.

Besides, unlike his predecessor, this President doesn't conduct foreign policy based on the latest Gallup poll. Bush doesn't follow public opinion, he shapes it.

That's what leadership is made of, that's what George W. Bush is made of.

God bless our President, God bless our Troops, and God bless the United States of America!

Anyway, that's...

My two cents...
"JohnHuang2"

[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Quote of the Day by areafiftyone

[el_texicano]

And a hearty AMEN to all that JohnHuang2...

[JohnHuang2]

Gracias, amigo

[JohnHuang2]

Gotta run -- have a nice day, y'all

[Mudboy Slim]

..."Mr. EX-Prez'dent"
(To be sung to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Mr. Banker")

Oh yeah...oooh...

Mr. EX-Prez'dent...Slick Willie...
How much does Power mean?!
Won't you reconsider, Willie?!
Won't you do this thing fer me?!

RESIGN right now!! Be gone, you whore!!
Nixon did, Slick...Even the Score!!
Sir, won't you RESIGN, Mister EX-Prez'dent...
Won't you RESIGN 'fore we RE-IMPEACH?!
Oh Mister EX-Prez'dent, please...
Slick, listen to MUD's sound...

(MUD harpin' fer his dinner and The Big Man puttin' a hurtin' on his Les Paul)

Now, I'm plum pissed off...Slick Willie...
Said hey, Mister EX-Prez'dent...you've damaged MY Country!!
Won'tcha reconsider, Willie...
Won't you just RESIGN fer me?!

I told ya, Willie...
Said, "Git outta my House...you Chi-Com Whore!!
Slick, YOU killed them Waco children...you left a scar!!
Oh, won't you RESIGN, Balkan Butcher...
Won't you RESIGN afore I git MEAN?!
BOY, won'tcha RESIGN, please?!"

FReegards...MUD

4 Posted on 09/25/2000 10:07:09 PDT by Mudboy Slim

Ya can't say I don't warn ya, ya sleazy, traitorous, rapin', mass-murderin' ba$+ard!!

MUD

[Aeronaut]

Thanks John. Another good essay.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

BUMP!!

The media puffs up the image of tyrants and covers anti-American morons who march in lock step.

God bless Geroge W. Bush and may God bless you JH2 for speaking the truth.

[eureka!]

What is most frustrating is that these a**wipes can say it because of what we are fighting for. The sickest part is that many want high casualties and suffering so they can say "told you so". Oh, that they one day understand and feel some remorse...

[Steve_Seattle]

Since Saddam Hussein took over Iraq, more than 4 million exiles have fled Iraq, thousands of Hussein's critics have been executed or imprisoned, and he has started two wars of aggression against neighboring countries. Those facts in themselves, even apart from Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction, would provide every bit as much of a moral justification for war as we had in Kosovo. But it was a liberal Democrat who led us to war in Kosovo, so that was ok. Only if a conservative Republican takes us to war is it evil. The protestors are full of it, and you know what "it" is.

[Alamo-Girl]

God bless our President, God bless our Troops, and God bless the United States of America!

Amen!

[WilliamWallace1999]

Thanks again for putting into words the thoughts so many of us share.

[Mudboy Slim]

"King of the Ho's"
(To be sung to Roger Miller's "King of the Road")

Traitor EX-President...
Nukes sold to ChinaMen...
Waco...we shan't fergit!!
Toddlers charred like cigarettes!!
Yeah, Slick...snorts coke like a vacuum...
Bill puts...his ol' friends in their tombs!!
Still Slick's...Lib'rals kneel fer their King...
King of the Ho's!!!

Slick's ceegars sure do stink...
Masturbatin' in his sink.
Hill's a worn-out dried-up shrew...
Bill ain't touched her in many moons!!
Yes, folks...li'l Willard gets around...
Short...and not too big around!
Left prays...to their King on their knees...
King of the Ho's!!

Slick bombed Kosovo, li'l Sudan, and Saddam Hussein...
Killed many young children but hasn't no shame!!
Slick's got his hand out in every town...
Yet, we'll FReep his House and FReep Fer Justice and we'll bring him down!!
I sing...Traitor EX-President...
Nukes sold to ChinaMen...
Waco...we shan't fergit!!
Toddlers charred like cigarettes!!

Yeah, Slick...snorts coke like a vacuum...
Bill put...McDougal in his tomb!!
Still Slick's...Lib'rals kneel fer their King...
King of the Ho's!!!
Traitor EX-President...
Nukes sold to ChinaMen...
Waco...we shan't fergit!!
Toddlers charred like cigarettes!!

And a Good Morning to you as well, my FRiends...MUD

[Moby Grape]

And the headlines in the liberal press screamed "Millions Protest Against War"....a more TRUE headline would have read,"Hundreds of Millions Do NOT Protest Against War."

[Pippin]

Hi, ((((MUDDY)))))!

Hi, (((JOHN)))!

I have a suggestion for those protesters who seem to be choosing Saddam Hussein over George Bush as being trustworthy, <p. Why bot pack up and move to IRAQ!

[Mudboy Slim]

Howdy {{{{{Pippin}}}}}..."Ripple"
(To be sung to the Grateful Dead's "Ripple")

If my words did flow...from the radio with Limbaugh...
And my tunes were played...on the EEE-EYE-BEE...
Would you hear my views...comin' thru the music?!
Would you hold them near...as if they were your own?!

I can't help myself...my thoughts must be spoken.
Perhaps, they're better...left unsung. (lol)
Yes, I know...you don't really care.
But, FReeper songs'll...soon fill the air!

Ripples from WhiteWater...
If you feel no sense of loss...you have no soul!!
Raise up your voice...tell folks why you're angry!
All our Nukes were sold...Cold War starts a-gain!!
Let it be known...seek Justice for Clinton...
'Cuz we have Laws...we'll CONVICT this "man"!

Bill must be told...to take the highway!
Take it! Be Gone! And we'll make it Right!
And once Slick goes, Left's Cadre will follow...
Justice demands...they're all sent Home!

Ripples from White Water...
When you fail to raise your voice...no one will know!!
Yes, you can choose...to keep your silence...
But once Slick falls...you're all alone!
Folks, we must stand...against Bill's TREASON...
Yes, we'll find a way...Prison's Left's Traitor's HOME!!

La de da da dah...La de da da de da dahh...
La da dahh da dah da da da dahhh...
La de da da dah...La de da da de da dahh...
La da dahh da dah da da da dahhh...

Mudboy Slim (6/29/99)

Folks, the Clinton Stonewall is in the process of collapsing, the American Sheeple are slowly, but surely, coming to understand the absolute depths of Corruption to which this Administration was willing to stoop. Now's the time to re-double our efforts to hold Bill Clinton and his Criminal Enterprise accountable for their crimes, once and for all!!!

FReegards...MUD

[MeekOneGOP]

Good job, JH2 ! As always.

Besides, unlike his predecessor, this President doesn't conduct foreign policy based on the latest Gallup poll. Bush doesn't follow public opinion, he shapes it.

That's what leadership is made of, that's what George W. Bush is made of.

God bless our President, God bless our Troops, and God bless the United States of America!

[The Wizard]

***An Open Letter To The Ignorant Protestors*** Stardate: 0302.19

I was watching Cary Grant in the movie, "Mr. Lucky", about an American boss gambler who gets religion when he hears about the atrocities committed by the Nazis before the country gets into the war, and it made me realize just how ignorant these idiot kids and actors are about real life

These pansy assed college kids who never faced anything harder in life than walking to school, (once in a while) or having to find an open gas station that takes Mommy's credit card for their shinny new cars handed to them as a present.

Actors live in a world of make believe where a clown like Martin Sheen actually thinks he has what it takes to be President of the world's only super power, where life and death decisions mean people live and die, not just get up, wipe off the ketchup and have another "take"

Actors who can't even manage their own families lives criticize a man like President Bush, and Tony Blair, who are responsible for the eating and sleeping of people all around the world by what they decide to do or not do.

When men like these hear about the rape and torture and maiming and death, and cry and hold wives and sons and daughters of loved ones lost in a building just because they went to work on time, and they know if they don't do something about it more death and horror will rain down upon others whose only crime was to go to school or work that day

And on top of that they are forced to play some game trying to get the killers and their supporters to agree to some half assed resolution rather than go in and blow the son's of bitches into the fine mist they deserve...

That's when I thank God I'm an American who understands that there are leaders and sheep in the world, and we can thank our lucky stars the sheep we had for 8 years has been replaced by a man who knows who he is and what it means to head the most powerful nation on earth

[blackie]

God bless our President, God bless our Troops, and God bless the United States of America!

Right-on, John!

Be Well - Be Armed - Be Safe - Molon Labe!

Let's Roll!

[Free_at_last_-2001]

One word: Drugs!

[MaeWest]

Thank you, JH2!!! You're the absolute best at nailing it!!