MARK STEYN: How I long for the bombs to start falling

The Daily Telegraph ^ | March 8, 2003 | Mark Steyn

[Right_in_Virginia]

One of Steyn's best!

[Conservababe]

Did you ever think Jack Straw would be slapping down the French ambassador in the Security Council, and GET APPLAUSE?

No, and I never thought I would see the Frenchy visibly agitated and actually glowing with sweat on his forehead in the interviews later.

I was laughing so hard.

[Victoria Delsoul]

That's really funny, Jen.

This interminable non-rush to non-war is like a long, languorous, humid summer, where everyone's sweaty and cranky and longing for the clouds to break and the cool, refreshing rain to fall. Bring it on, please.

Funny, I feel almost the same way so, bring it on! LOL.

[Miss Marple]

It was one of the Top 10 Television Moments of this entire war. Mr. Perfect Coiffure de Villepin would probably be horrified to find out that the little gray man in glasses, Jack Straw, is now a hero to all of us! HA!

[lorrainer]

Another HUGE Steyn Bump.

[Gritty]

Steyn's right. Everything to be said has been said - a thousand times.

This whole Iraq War thingy has slowly migrated from a sitzkrieg into a snoozekrieg. The slow-roll has been the perfect vehicle for pulling the phony-patriot skirts off the usual suspects and exposing the tiny bullocks of the sunshine warriors, most notably the souless Democrats and Euroweenies.

GWB is winning round after round and nobody is aware of it!

That said, I wish we would get it on before summer eventually gets here or North Korea decides to forgo it's manic shock-treatments for the real Armageddon.

[300winmag]

This is less offensive than "I fart on your beard" (a traditional Arabic expression of ill-will), but only just.

This is great! Something "culturally sensitive" to chalk onto our bombs and missiles in addition to the always-fitting "DIE, SCUM!".

I'd like to see that expression written out in arabic script, but nobody on the receiving end will live long enough to read the message, anyway.

[Pokey78]

Thanks MI!

Pinging the Steyn list.

[lawgirl]

This was a fabulous article. As usual.

[lawgirl]

OMG I can't believe I missed it. Is anyone going to be showing it again soon? Like CSPAN or something?

[Miss Marple]

TURN ON C-SPAN NOW!! Jakc Straw up in a few minutes!

[Slings and Arrows]

I too fart on their beards!

Their mothers were hamsters, and their fathers smelt of elderberries!

Mark Steyn (and Monty Python) bump!

[lawgirl]

THANKS!!!!!

[lawgirl]

WHOA he SMOKED THEM!!!!!!!! That was awesome and totally made my day. Thanks for letting me know he was on. I have new admiration for Straw---he sounded like he's been listening to W--straight talk!

[mrustow]

Your beards are belong to us.

[mrustow]

While all the others are content merely to repeat themselves for the 1,000,000,000th time, only Steyn waxes ironic on the repetitiousness. And that, my friends, is why Steyn is the King of the Pundits.

[EaglesUpForever]

your beards belong to our farts.

[expatpat]

Pity the poor Iraqi official who had to explain to the guy that the orphanage has already got all the human shields it needs: they're called "orphans".

ROFLMAO! Steyn is priceless.

[RobFromGa]

I have had the same thoughts many times in the last six months esp. Kudos, Mark and thanks for my signed book!

[Maigrey]

I think I scared my DH when I was cheering him on today. I was rolling when he refered to FFM as Dominique (such a personal in a professional setting is a major faux pas!)